Lucia Lopez Florez

El cambio climático es atribuido directa o indirectamente a la actividad humana y se considera como la mayor amenaza a la salud pública del siglo XXI. Tiene impactos sobre el acceso al agua, la alimentación, en la agricultura y medios de vida, y en la salud de las personas. El objetivo de este texto es evaluar las percepciones del cambio climático en niños, niñas, adolescentes, autoridades y representantes de organizaciones juveniles, de mujeres y que trabajan con la niñez en las regiones de Cusco, Loreto y Piura, en Perú. Para ello se realizó un estudio cualitativo que utilizó la técnica de Fotovoz con doce adolescentes y entrevistas a profundidad con veintidós actores clave. Para el análisis se utilizaron las narrativas en las fotos y el análisis temático de las entrevistas. En las tres regiones se identificaron cambios extremos en el clima. En la región de Cusco reconocieron el cambio de temperatura con sequías y heladas, mientras que en Loreto y Piura manifestaron aumento en la ...

Teenage pregnancy carries adverse consequences for health and well-being. In this article, we investigate the perceived causes, consequences and cycles of violence and disadvantage associated with teenage pregnancy in Tambogrande, Peru using an applied anthropological approach. Data were drawn from a larger project investigating the relationship between water insecurity and gender-based violence in Indonesia and Peru. The analysis presented here is derived from 49 semi-structured interviews and 5 focus groups with local community members and stakeholders in Peru. Study participants highlighted two main factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in Tambogrande: machismo and religious deterrents to contraceptive use. Participants described how these factors overlapped, resulting in gendered power imbalances that increased the risk of violence, decreased educational opportunities, and reduced the economic independence of women. However, study participants stated that educational interventions targeting machismo could reduce teenage pregnancy and break the associated cycle of disadvantage. Future research will further investigate local social and gender norms to inform the design of a rights-based educational intervention, targeting upstream factors associated with teenage pregnancy in this area.

We examined how study participants in Indonesia and Peru viewed the relationship between water insecurity and women's health via thematic analysis of interviews and focus groups. Participants reported that water insecurity led to vaginal infections, miscarriage, premature births, uterine prolapse, poor nutrition, restricted economic opportunities, and intergenerational cycles of poverty. Participants in both countries stated that extreme burdens associated with water insecurity should be categorized as violence. Based on these findings, we developed the concept of “gender-based water violence,” defined as the spectrum of stressors associated with water insecurity that are so severe as to threaten human health and well-being, particularly that of women and girls.

Teenage pregnancy carries adverse consequences for health and well-being. In this article, we investigate the perceived causes, consequences and cycles of violence and disadvantage associated with teenage pregnancy in Tambogrande, Peru using an applied anthropological approach. Data were drawn from a larger project investigating the relationship between water insecurity and gender-based violence in Indonesia and Peru. The analysis presented here is derived from 49 semi-structured interviews and 5 focus groups with local community members and stakeholders in Peru. Study participants highlighted two main factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in Tambogrande: machismo and religious deterrents to contraceptive use. Participants described how these factors overlapped, resulting in gendered power imbalances that increased the risk of violence, decreased educational opportunities, and reduced the economic independence of women. However, study participants stated that educational interventions targeting machismo could reduce teenage pregnancy and break the associated cycle of disadvantage. Future research will further investigate local social and gender norms to inform the design of a rights-based educational intervention, targeting upstream factors associated with teenage pregnancy in this area.

This study examines the limitations and opportunities of planned relocation on people’s lives in the context of climate change. It will do by using the pathways approach to sustainability of Melissa Leach to analyze the relocation process of Belén community to 15km away from their current location, in the rainforest of Peru.

This study provides evidence of the different perspectives and pathways that intertwine in the relocation of Belén. On the one hand, the dominant perspective one stems from the government that has a narrow focus on risk and promotes the relocation as a solution. In doing so, there are more limitations than opportunities that have impacted on the livelihoods, the cultural identity, and the social relations of the affected population. This often exercises power while ignoring local dynamics, necessities, and perceptions. On the other hand, the alternative perspective, which mostly comes from the affected community that is against the relocation. These different perspectives are in tension and contradict each other. This evidence shows that a participatory process needs to incorporate the more marginalized perspectives and pathways in the decision-making.

La presente investigación destaca el rol de las comunicaciones y la agenda pública en la manera cómo se gestiona la ciudad: qué problemas entran o no a la agenda de debate político y cómo ingresan. Qué actores son reconocidos y cómo son representados (negativos, positivos, con capacidad de aporte a la solución de problemas locales o más bien como causa de estos problemas), y qué actores simplemente no existen para el ámbito de las decisiones políticas.

Es un estudio cuyo objeto son las construcciones (conexiones entre representaciones y reconocimiento) elaboradas sobre los recicladores, respecto a miles de personas que viven de la segregación y comercialización de los residuos y desempeñan un trabajo muchas veces de subsistencia y marginación. Aborda, así mismo, las implicancias de las imágenes y discursos construidos en el espacio público.