https://www.resource-fulempowerment.com/our-team daily 0.75 2021-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6053891d815ffe4178a0ccc3/1616443294073-JP1QKKK555U0F4ZB7UG9/PHOTO-2020-10-12-12-45-22.jpg Our Team - A global, women-led consortium Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6053891d815ffe4178a0ccc3/1616443382345-GPRITVP4Q5X6U7U30LJD/Hands+copper.JPG Our Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6053891d815ffe4178a0ccc3/1616443860488-C1RKWIYCONGAHMGDQZT6/041A0330.JPG Our Team - Creating an evidence-base. The Resource-ful Empowerment Project also welcomes the Program on Gender, Rights and Resilience (GR2) at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) as a partner. After 15 years working together, ASEFA and GR2 have continued their partnership to ensure that the curriculum and approach use proven practices and continue to build evidence around women’s role in improving health and supporting environmental justice. https://www.resource-fulempowerment.com/project daily 0.75 2021-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6053891d815ffe4178a0ccc3/1616090191568-PTLCSA3LRJ6QAP47TA1V/Bag%252Bcopper.jpg Project - The Challenge. In a country recovering from two decades of war, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) provides revenue to 16% of the population in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More than 2 million people work in this sector, with half of this workforce being women. Mining offers economic opportunity, but also a pressing risk of exploitation and abuse, particularly for women. A study undertaken by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and the World Bank (WB) found that one in seven women stated they were forced to trade sex for access to work in mining towns; thirty percent of women stated they had been harassed by men in the mines and only one out of seven women ever discussed this harassment with others. Congolese mining law offers protection for workers, particularly women, but the lack of awareness of these protections creates harmful dynamics and promotes marginalization of women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6053891d815ffe4178a0ccc3/1616089745998-FLGZ5DP3Q5QL1OPMCRRP/DSCN0263.jpg Project - The Context. ASM provides a vital source of income, but unsafe digging techniques, lack of knowledge about health risks, particularly COVID-19, and deep-seated gender inequality make these dangerous places to work. Local women’s groups have self-organized to try and address these myriad challenges but they lack the resources and knowledge to be effective. In particular, there is limited capacity to leverage evidence-based trainings and to collaborate across provinces to share best practices… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6053891d815ffe4178a0ccc3/1616437960003-1575KMYMDSLVC3Q0E5ZM/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2021-01-29%2Bat%2B2.07.35%2BPM.jpg Project - The Approach. The year-long curriculum emphasizes human rights and Congolese law, women’s protection, and measures for mitigating mining’s environmental impact, particularly erosion and landslides. The materials also leverage evidence-based approaches to change social norms and behaviours, drawing on a combination of proven practices and new approaches. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the curriculum added a module to address a pressing need in these remote but crowded communities to raise awareness on how to prevent the spread of the virus. This project was created through an award from USAID through the inaugural RISE challenge: “Resilient, Inclusive, & Sustainable Environments (RISE): A Challenge to Address Gender-Based Violence in the Environment.” https://www.resource-fulempowerment.com/vision daily 0.75 2021-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6053891d815ffe4178a0ccc3/1616434994460-F3AD1SZFO73N5RD5AJ8U/Image%252B1.jpg Our Vision https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6053891d815ffe4178a0ccc3/1616433852168-6IXDGOWPO8Y93AVZB2S6/Image%252B29.jpg Our Vision https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6053891d815ffe4178a0ccc3/1616433630704-V39DL4AO647NZPPHOS3Q/Image%2B27.jpg Our Vision https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6053891d815ffe4178a0ccc3/1616442944503-U7PKMEODJ6LDX1UVH9AW/Copper+mining.JPG Our Vision - Our Vision. Artisanal mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) brings economic opportunity, but also risk of exploitation and abuse for women. The Resource-ful Empowerment curriculum links women’s organizations across DRC to improve human and environmental protection. https://www.resource-fulempowerment.com/press daily 0.75 2021-03-30 https://www.resource-fulempowerment.com/home daily 1.0 2024-08-28