¿De qué manera los enfoques de género fortalecen el desarrollo compatible con el clima?

The document examines the role of gender in urban climate-compatible development in Peru, using the GRIDES networks in Cajamarca and Huaraz as case studies. It finds that while women's participation has led to implicit gender considerations in local government plans, gender is often narrowly viewed as a 'women's issue' rather than a structural power dynamic. The brief identifies significant political, socioeconomic, and cultural barriers—including a lack of political will and patriarchal beliefs—that hinder the implementation of transformative gender approaches. It recommends 'de-womenizing' the gender approach, strengthening institutional capacities, and aligning local actions with Peru's National Gender and Climate Change Action Plan.

• In the urban contexts of Cajamarca and Huaraz, the gender approach was primarily understood and implemented as the active participation of women in decision-making spaces.
• The involvement of women in leading discussions within the GRIDES networks resulted in local government proposals that implicitly include a gender perspective.
• Despite some progress, there is a lack of explicit understanding of gender among regional and municipal public institutions, leading to local plans that lack concrete measures to address gender inequality.
• Women in urban areas face differentiated vulnerabilities to climate change and disasters due to their roles in home care and reproduction, such as increased exposure to illnesses and injuries when cleaning homes after floods.
• Political barriers to integrating gender into climate-compatible development include a general lack of political will, fragmented policy implementation across government sectors, and high staff turnover that erodes institutional memory.
• Socioeconomic and cultural obstacles include the perception that gender is a 'women's issue' and a 'theoretical' matter, alongside the persistence of patriarchal and chauvinist beliefs and widespread violence against women and girls.
• The GRIDES networks are identified as a viable mechanism to promote gender understanding and support the implementation of Peru's Gender and Climate Change Action Plan at regional and local levels.

APA

Arana, M. T., Quezada, A., & Clements, R. (2016). ¿De qué manera los enfoques de género fortalecen el desarrollo compatible con el clima? Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Peru-gender-brief-ESP-final_0.pdf

Chicago

Arana, María Teresa, Alicia Quezada, and Rebecca Clements. ¿De qué manera los enfoques de género fortalecen el desarrollo compatible con el clima? Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2016. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Peru-gender-brief-ESP-final_0.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{arana2016manera, author = {Arana, María Teresa and Quezada, Alicia and Clements, Rebecca}, title = {{¿De qué manera los enfoques de género fortalecen el desarrollo compatible con el clima?}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2016}, month = may, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Peru-gender-brief-ESP-final_0.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }