South America
There are 73 resources related to South America.
Informal Mining in Colombia: Gender-Based Challenges for the Implementation of the Business and Human Rights Agenda
2022
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Business and Human Rights Journal
Lina M. Céspedes-Báez, Enrique Prieto-Ríos, Juan P. Pontón-Serra, Joanna B. Martignoni, Nora Götzmann, Bonita Meyersfeld, and Harpreet Kaur
This paper analyses whether the implementation of business and human rights (BHR) frameworks in Colombia properly responds to the challenges posed by informal mining and…
Advancing Gender Equality and Climate Action: A Practical Guide to Setting Targets and Monitoring Progress
2022
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Climate and Development Knowledge Network, Overseas Development Institute, SNV, CARE, and Mercy Corps
Mairi Dupar and Patricia Velasco
Gender inequalities shape people’s vulnerabilities to climate change. Women have less access to the development services and support – such as adequate healthcare, education and…
Work-Parenthood Conflicts at the Operator and Professional Levels in Chile’s Mining Industry: A Gender Analysis
2022
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Journal of Family Studies
Pamela Caro, Daniela Madrid, and María Elvira Cárdenas
The aim of this article is to determine, from a gender and class perspective, how mothers who work in mining operations experience the tensions associated…
Strategic Allocation of Development Projects in Post-Conflict Regions: A Gender Perspective for Colombia
2022
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Sustainability
Raphael J Nawrotzki, Verena Gantner, Jana Balzer, Thomas Wencker, and Sabine Brüntrup-Seidemann
We know little about the general geographic allocation of development projects in post-conflict regions, and specifically of gender-focused projects. In this study, we explore whether…
The Violence of Norms: Resisting Repertoires of Gender Violence in Post-Conflict Colombia
2022
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Journal of Gender Studies
Jennifer Bates
Feminist scholarship on gender violence in Latin America has elucidated its ubiquity and deep entrenchment within many societies, from the colonial encounter until the present…
Indigenous and Rural Women's Voices: Recommendations to Address Climate Security Risks in Colombia
2022
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DCAF
Linda Sánchez Avendaño
From an ecofeminist and human security perspective, this study aims to contribute to filling this existing gap by developing actionable recommendations that can be replicated…
Women Speak: The Lived Nexus Between Climate, Gender and Security
2022
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DCAF
Megan Bastick and Camille Risler
A growing body of research recognises the gendered impacts of climate change, and how these are impacted by armed conflict. Women often bear the brunt…
Challenging Gender Inequity in Wildlife Conservation: A Women's Group Leading Sea Turtle Conservation Efforts in El Salvador
2021
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Local Environment
Lynn M Massey, Mccord Camerden, Alexander Gaos, and Michael J. Liles
Effective management of natural resources often requires diverse strategies implemented by a variety of conservation practitioners. Despite stark gender inequality challenges in many regions of…
Public Policies for Agricultural Diversification: Implications for Gender Equity
2021
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Vivian Valencia, Hannah Wittman, Andrew D. Jones, and Jennifer Blesh
Gender equity is recognized as central to sustainable development, but women still face significant constraints in accessing and controlling productive resources important for agricultural livelihoods.…
Feminist Resistance Building in the Brazilian Agroecology Movement: A Gender Decoloniality Study
2021
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Gender, Work and Organization
Flávia Naves and Yuna Fontoura
The agroecology movement in Brazil has politically mobilized the importance of feminism in its slogan. Considering that domination over women persists in the postcolonial context…
Gender, Land Distribution, and Who Gets State Funds To Stop Deforestation in Argentina
2020
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Journal of Environmental Management
Isabella Alcaniz and Ricardo A. Gutiérrez
Open-Pit Peace: The Power of Extractive Industries in Post-Conflict Transitions
2021
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Peacebuilding
Kate Paarlberg-Kvam
Three years after the peace accord signed by the Colombian government and the country’s largest guerrilla group, the guerrillas announced a return to arms. The…
Decolonising Conflicts, Security, Peace, Gender, Environment and Development in the Anthropocene
2021
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Springer
Oswald Spring, Úrsula Brauch, and Hans Günter
In this book 25 authors from the Global South (19) and the Global North (6) address conflicts, security, peace, gender, environment and development. Four parts…
The Nature of Women, Peace and Security: A Colombian Perspective
2021
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International Affairs
Keina Yoshida and Lina M. Céspedes-Báez
On 12 November 2019, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), handed down a landmark decision in the case of ‘Katsa Su’ concerning the Awa indigenous…
Addressing Climate-Related Security Risks: Towards a Programme for Action
2021
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Weathering Risk
Beatrice Mosello, Christian König, Adam Day, and Chitra Nagarajan
Within the multilateral system, there is increasing interest in exploring how climate change risks interact with other factors – including livelihoods, gender inequality and women’s…
Exploring Sustainable Fashion Consumption Among Eco-Conscious Women in Chile
2021
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The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research
Costanza Bianchi and Matias Gonzalez
Although sustainable fashion is growing in importance around the world, there is a lack of research that addresses sustainable fashion consumption in Latin America. The…
Ordinary Geographies: Care, Violence, and Agrarian Extractivism in “Post‐Conflict” Colombia
2020
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Antipose
Eloísa Berman Arévalo and Diana Ojeda
In Colombia’s agrarian spaces, war and extractivism are deeply entangled. Almost four years after the peace accords signed between the national government and the FARC…
The Climate-Gender-Conflict Nexus: Amplifying Women's Contributions at the Grassroots
2020
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Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security
Jessica Smith, Lauren Olosky, and Jennifer Grosman Fernandez
This report explores the linkages between climate change and conflict and how gender is a cross-cutting lens through which people experience both issues. It studies…
The Nature of Women, Peace and Security: A Colombian Perspective
2021
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International Affairs
Keina Yoshida and Lina M. Céspedes-Báez
On 12 November 2019, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace ( JEP), handed down a landmark decision in the case of ‘Katsa Su’ concerning the Awa…
¡Sin Mujeres Indígenas, No!
2019
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Oxfam, Onamiap
El presente documento ofrece el análisis de los derechos e impactos diferenciados que sufren las mujeres en contextos donde se desarrollan actividades extractivas, abordando también…
Mujeres que Cuidan la Naturaleza
2019
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UN Women
Defendiendo el Río Atrato: Reflexiones del Caso y Apuntes sobre el Rol de las Mujeres en el Proceso de Defensa del Territorio
2019
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Tierra Digna
Risas, Sueños, y Lamentos del Río Vivencias de los Ríos Atrato y Baudó desde la Mirada de sus Guardianas
2019
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Tierra Digna
Mujeres y recursos naturales Liberando el potencial para la consolidación de la paz
2013
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UNEP, UN Women, PBSO and UNDP
Civil Society Perspectives on Sexual Violence in Conflict: Patriarchy and War Strategy in Colombia
2020
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International Affairs
Anne-Kathrin Kreft
In international policy circles, conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is commonly viewed as a weapon of war, a framing that researchers have criticized as overly simplistic.…
Climate Migration in the Dry Corridor of Central America: Integrating a Gender Perspective
2019
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InspirAction/Christian Aid
Ivannia Ayales, Eleanor Blomstrom, Vivienne Solis Rivera, Daniela Pedraza and Paula M. Perez Briceño
The aim of this study is to understand the relationship between three factors – migration, gender and climate change – in the Central American Dry…
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Report of the Secretary General
2020
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United Nations
The past decade has seen a paradigm shift in global understanding of the impacts of the atrocity of conflict-related sexual violence, particularly in terms of…
Advancing Gender-Responsive Climate Action through National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes
2020
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NAP Global Network
Angie Dazé
The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process provides an unprecedented opportunity to reduce vulnerability to climate change, while also redressing social and gender inequalities. To realize…
Women in War and Peace: Grassroots Peacebuilding
2000
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United States Institute of Peace
Donna Ramsey Marshall
The United States Institute of Peace strives, through research, education, and training, to understand this role of nongovernmental entities in bringing about a stable peace…
Involving Victim Population in Environmentally Sustainable Strategies: An Analysis for Post-Conflict Colombia
2019
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Science of the Total Environment
Andres Suarez, Paola Arias-Arévalo, Eliana Martinez-Mera, Juan Carlos Granobles-Torres, and Tatiana Enríquez-Acevedo
Environmental objectives tend to receive a push to the background in post-conflict scenarios. On the other hand, the processes displacement and refugee's relocation in post-conflict…