Category: Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC)

Case Study

Gender Mainstreaming in Projects: Case Studies from the Specific International Programme

2025

This new publication presents an assessment of how projects funded by the Specific International Programme (SIP) under the Minamata Convention integrate considerations related to women and girls in their design…

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How to Mainstream Gender into National Waste Management Policy: Case Study from Uruguay

2025

UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (UNEP-IETC) is actively promoting gender mainstreaming in waste management, recognizing that the sector is shaped by gender roles and inequalities despite being perceived as gender-neutral.…

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How to Mainstream Gender into National Waste Management Policy: Case Study from Jamaica

2025

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Event Report: Gender and Waste: How to mainstream gender into national waste management policy

2023

UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre (UNEP-IETC) has been actively engaged in raising awareness of gender issues in waste management. As part of its efforts, UNEP-IETC organized a webinar on how…

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Journal Article

Mercury Exposure of Women in Four Latin American Gold Mining Countries

2021

This study of mercury levels in women from four Latin American communities is the latest compilation of data in IPEN’s global mercury biomonitoring program. Hair samples were taken from women…

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Project/Initiative

Early Life exposures in Latina Adolescents (ELLA)

Adolescence is a critical period in life when the body is changing rapidly and is vulnerable to chemical exposures. Because evidence suggests that the seeds of breast cancer may be…

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