Connecting women gold panners to the supply chain in Indonesia
Innovation Description
This innovation enables poor, marginalised Dayak women gold panners in Kalimantan, Indonesia to self-organise, improve their productivity, and sell responsibly-mined gold at a premium price to jewellery-makers in Bali.
Team
Bardolf Paul, Executive Director, YTS - Palangka Raya, Indonesia
Vovia Witni, ASGM Program Officer, YTS - Palangka Raya, Indonesia
Kulansi Konolius, ASGM Technical Officer, YTS - Palangka Raya, Indonesia
Lia Anggreani, Administration & Operations, YTS - Palangka Raya, Indonesia
Dinomika, Training & Capacity Building, YTS - Palangka Raya, Indonesia
Meri Geraldine, Founder, Gardens of the Sun - Denpasar, Indonesia
Budi Susilorini, Country Director Indonesia, Pure Earth - Jakarta, Indonesia
Daniel Stapper, Senior Program Officer, PACT - Ottawa, Canada
Reason for applying
“The reason we applied to the ASM Grand Challenge was because we felt the women panners initiative was sufficiently unique to qualify for the Challenge. We also wanted to scale up the pilot to include more sites and demonstrate that the innovation was replicable in a variety of locations. We also were interested to see how it would do in an international competition, and to see if there might be interest to replicate it in other countries.”