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Karen Hayes
vice president, mines to markets
khayes@pactworld.org
Cristina Villegas
director, mines to markets
cvillegas@pactworld.org
Strong alliances, strengthened communities: A well-built international partnership makes a difference for miners
November 22, 2019
There was a time when Benjamín, an artisanal miner from Boyacá, Colombia, worried each day as he left for work that he might never see his family again. As a miner, he told us, your work is so...
Meet your miner: Asha
October 24, 2019
Co-designed with miners, Moyo Gems is an ethical gemstone program being piloted in Tanzania’s gemstone-rich Umba Valley. With the Tanzania Women Miners Association (TAWOMA) and Moyo partners ANZA...
Meet your miner: Fatuma
October 23, 2019
Co-designed with miners, Moyo Gems is an ethical gemstone program being piloted in Tanzania’s gemstone-rich Umba Valley. With the Tanzania Women Miners Association (TAWOMA) and Moyo partners ANZA...
Meet your miner: Prisca
October 23, 2019
Co-designed with miners, Moyo Gems is an ethical gemstone program being piloted in Tanzania’s gemstone-rich Umba Valley. With the Tanzania Women Miners Association (TAWOMA) and Moyo partners ANZA...
Artisanal mining: A dangerous trade or a misrepresented industry?
August 22, 2019
A Q&A with Pact's Mines to Markets Director Cristina Villegas in Mine Australia.
Photo story: Safer prosperity
July 24, 2019
From Zimbabwe to Myanmar, Pact is partnering with small-scale gold miners to help them reduce their use of mercury to safely earn income they rely on.
Somos Tesoro in Colombia: We are Treasure
June 12, 2019
In Colombia, Pact's Somos Tesoro project is working to end child labor in gold and coal mining and improve health and safety conditions. Somos Tesoro means "We are Treasure." Because children are...
With women miners, Pact & partners build an ethical gemstone supply chain from the ground up
June 5, 2019
When the Gemological Institute of America approached Pact’s Cristina Villegas in 2016 about piloting a rough gemstone guide for miners, Villegas immediately knew where to start. As director of Pact’s...
In her own words: A former child miner in DRC makes a new start
May 28, 2019
Since 2003, Pact has worked to improve the lives of artisanal and small-scale miners through its Mines to Markets program. This includes efforts to end child labor in mining, from Colombia to the...
World Bank and Pact launch first ‘state of the sector’ report for artisanal and small-scale mining
April 24, 2019
Over 40 million people globally work in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)
10 million people living in 40 countries in sub-Saharan Africa are directly engaged in ASM
Accurate, reliable data on...