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Gender and the environmental health agenda: A qualitative study of policy, academic, and advocacy perspectives in Peru

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dc.contributor.author Brown, Laura J.
dc.contributor.author Turner, Billie M.
dc.contributor.author Cavero Huapaya, Victoria María
dc.contributor.author Flores, Elaine C.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-04-16T04:38:14Z
dc.date.available 2023-04-16T04:38:14Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/13378
dc.description.abstract Introduction Women, especially those living in low-and-middle-income countries experience increased exposure to and impacts of environmental threats. Peru is especially susceptible, with high levels of pollutants associated with extractive industries, and climatic-related disasters exacerbated by climate change. International policies and movements are increasingly calling for a gendered approach to environmental health. We aimed to understand the current Peruvian research, advocacy, and policy landscape at the environment-gender-health nexus. Methods We held 18 in-depth semi-structured interviews with key informants from the Peruvian Government, academia, and non-governmental organizations to explore how a gender-sensitive approach and interdisciplinary environmental health collaborations are delivered. We used thematic analysis to compare gender approaches, priorities, and barriers/facilitators to delivering projects within this nexus. Results We remotely interviewed 6 representatives of each sector between July 2020 and March 2021. Interviewees mentioned the detrimental role of weak institutions, multilevel corruption, and the lack of interdisciplinarity and intersectorality across environmental health programs and research. They described several barriers to successful collaboration across organizations and sectors, including funding scandals related to extractive economies, high staff turnover impairing long-term program implementation, and machismo culture in organizations and communities. Women's empowerment was described as important for successful program delivery, especially in female-led associations. Some interviewees emphasized the invisibilization of vulnerable groups, such as girls, teenagers, pregnant women, victims of gender-based violence, and LGBTQI+ people. Conclusions These qualitative findings highlight the multiple and inter-related contextual issues faced by environmentally threatened communities in Peru, and how macrostructural barriers contribute to a paucity of sustainable, gender-oriented, environmental health projects. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries Journal of Climate Change and Health
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Intersectoral en_US
dc.subject Gender en_US
dc.subject Environment en_US
dc.subject Climate change en_US
dc.subject Qualitative en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.title Gender and the environmental health agenda: A qualitative study of policy, academic, and advocacy perspectives in Peru en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100217
dc.relation.issn 2667-2782


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