Wend-Kouni, 26 years old, from Rouko village, and is a farmer. Once work is completed, she comes to search for...

Wend-Kouni, 26 years old, from Rouko village, and is a farmer. Once work is completed, she comes to search for gold. She digs and collects ore and then takes it back to the village to wash, Burkina Faso.

Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR

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Keywords:

Africa, Livelihoods, Women, Burkina Faso, Mining, Tenure Systems, Horizontal, Woman, Yellow, CIFOR, Gold, Gender Relations, Climate Change, Rouko Village, Working, Namentenga, Centre-Nord, BF.