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Illicit Financial Flows Undermining Gender Justice
Published in 2017
Source: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung,
This paper provides an introductory analysis of the ways in which Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) and gender justice are connected, with a focus on Latin America. It argues that confronting and dismantling the global enablers and secrecy jurisdictions will be beneficial not only for transparency and global equality but also for achieving greater gender equality […]
Feminised Financial Flows: How Gender Affects Remittances in Honduran–US Transnational Families
Published in 2017
Source: Routledge
This article focuses on Honduran immigrants in Alexandria, Virginia USA and their family members in Nacaome, Valle, Honduras. It traces the transfer of remittances from migrants to their families at home, in 20 transnational families. It focuses on six issues: gendered motives for migration, reproductive labour across borders, gender inequalities in the US labour market, […]
Barriers to Achieving The Water and Sanitation-Related Millennium Development Goals in Cancún, Mexico at The Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
Published in 2017
Source: International Institute for Environment and Development
This paper discusses some of the barriers faced by the city of Cancún, Mexico, to making progress towards Millennium Development Goal targets on extending safe water and basic sanitation. It analyses the socioeconomic, political, demographic, environmental and land use dimensions that surround problems of access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation services in the […]
Population and Reproductive Health in National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) for Climate Change
Published in 2017
Source: Population Action International
This paper reviews 41 National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) submitted by Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to assess the NAPA process and identify the range of interventions included in countries’ priority adaptation actions. The review addresses how population issues and reproductive health/family planning (RH/FP) are […]
Gender, Water, and Climate Change in Sonora, Mexico: Implications For Policies and Programmes on Agricultural Income-Generation
Published in 2017
Source: Routledge
This article focuses on the sustainability of gendered agricultural income-generating activities in Sonora, near the Mexico/USA border, in the context of climate change. Farming, and fruit and vegetable home-processing enterprises, still predominate in the area. However, several types of fruits can no longer be produced in this area due to warmer temperatures. Climate change has […]
Are We Missing The Point? Particularities of Urbanization, Sustainability and Carbon Emissions in Latin American Cities
Published in 2017
Source: International Institute for Environment and Development
The discourse on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in cities is dominated by ecological modernisation theory, which focuses primarily on technological approaches supported by market mechanisms to curb carbon emissions. This paper draws on empirical evidence from Latin American cities for a critical discussion of the usefulness and limitations of this approach when applied to […]
Promoting More Gender-equitable Norms and Behaviors Among Young Men as an HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategy
Published in 2017
Source: Horizons Program, Instituto Promundo
Few interventions to promote gender-equitable behavior among young men have been systematically implemented or evaluated, and relatively little is known about how best to measure changes in gender norms and their effect on HIV/STI protective and risk behaviors. To address these gaps, the Horizons Program and Instituto Promundo examined the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve […]
Global Processes, Local Consequences: Gender Equity and Health Sector Reform in Peru
Published in 2017
Source: Oxford University Press
This article brings into relief the gendered tensions and contradictions that have resulted from Peru’s neoliberal health sector reforms. Previous studies were clear that economic adjustment had a negative impact on women and gender relations. This articles shows more nuanced effects of neoliberal policies when applied to health sector reforms. Policies based on neoliberal principles in […]
Gender and Climate Change Overview Report
Published in 2017
Source: BRIDGE
Climate change is increasingly being recognised as a global crisis, but responses to it have so far been overly focused on scientific and economic solutions, rather than on the significant human and gender dimensions. This report highlights the need to put people at the centre of climate change responses, paying particular attention to the challenges […]
The Role of Cities in Climate Change
Published in 2017
Source: Worldwatch Institute
Cities are often implicated as contributing widely to increasing climate change. However, this article shifts the focus from the city itself to the unsustainable practices of high income cities as the major contributor. In addition, the article highlights some benefits of urbanization and the importance of well-planned cities in a world of changing climate.