The Edo Chapter of Women in Mining champions women and children across the solid minerals value chain — ending child labour, defending women's rights, and fighting for fair pay in one of Nigeria's richest mineral belts.
Women in Mining, Edo Chapter is a community of women miners, geologists, traders, engineers, and entrepreneurs working across Edo State's solid minerals sector. We exist to make sure women are visible, safe, skilled, and fairly paid in an industry where they have long done the work without the recognition — or the reward.
From artisanal sites to formal operations, we connect our members to training, fair markets, and the people who make decisions — so the wealth beneath Edo's soil lifts the women and families who help bring it up.
Across mining communities in Edo, women and children carry too much of the burden and too little of the reward. Child labour on and around sites, women stripped of their rights, and women paid a fraction of what their work is truly worth — these are the wrongs we organised to put right.
We're available for grants. Funders, foundations, and partners are welcome to invest in our cause.
Invest in our causePractical support that meets women where they are — on the field, in the market, and in the room where policy is set.
Hands-on capacity building in modern, safe, and sustainable mining practices for women at every level.
We represent women and children before government, regulators, and industry — turning presence into policy.
Linking members to fair buyers, finance, and cooperatives so their minerals earn what they're truly worth.
Edo State holds an extraordinary spread of solid minerals — each gem shows where that deposit is found across the state.
Whether you're on a site today or just starting out, there's a place for you in the Edo Chapter. Membership is open.
Get in touchQuestions, partnerships, or ready to join? Reach out and a member of our team will get back to you.