Hubs

Gender and Intersectionality

Who We Are

The Gender and Intersectionality Hub of Colansa is an interdisciplinary group that brings together researchers, professionals, activists, and individuals interested in addressing the gender inequalities that permeate food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Hub recognizes that unequal gender relations deeply influence all aspects of the food system, from food production and access to care work, consumption, food security, and nutritional health. These inequalities are often rendered invisible and normalized, disproportionately affecting women, girls, people with diverse gender identities, and communities in situations of vulnerability.

The group’s central purpose is to integrate a rights-based perspective on gender and intersectionality into research projects, as well as into the analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation of public policies related to food systems, food consumption, health, and nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Hub seeks to build a collective space for exchange, analysis, and knowledge generation that helps make these gaps visible, promotes more equitable practices, and integrates and strengthens the gender perspective within the debates, studies, and actions carried out and influenced by Colansa. Its goal is to contribute to the construction of more just, inclusive, and sustainable food systems.

MISSION

The mission of the Gender and Intersectionality Hub is to integrate a gender andintersectionality perspective across food systems in ways that benefit historicallyexcluded communities and territories. The Hub seeks to strengthen internalcapacities by promoting collaborative and interdisciplinary work and bygenerating evidence-based proposals that make structural inequalities in foodsystems visible and help transform them.

VISION

The Gender and Intersectionality Hub will become the leading entity in LatinAmerica in promoting gender and intersectionality perspectives throughresearch, policy, and action. The Hub will serve as a technical reference withinColansa regarding evidence generation, advocacy, and decision-making aimed atmainstreaming gender and intersectionality approaches in food systems, withthe goal of promoting the articulation of knowledge, leadership, andtransformative actions that contribute to building fairer, more inclusive, andmore sustainable public policies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

OBJECTIVES

  • Establish the Coordinating Committee and define clear roles and responsibilities among its members.
  • Promote the validation, discussion, adjustment, and implementation of the conceptual framework and governance plan, ensuring the active participation of the different stakeholders involved.
  • Implement internal and external communication mechanisms to ensure transparency and meaningful participation.
  • Validate and implement an initial system for monitoring and evaluating governance and the engagement of key stakeholders.
  • Consolidate an active regional network with representatives from different countries in the region.
  • Develop and implement a participatory monitoring and evaluation system to measure the effectiveness of governance and stakeholder participation.
  • Generate knowledge and advocacy products (reports, policy briefs, campaigns) related to gender and intersectionality in food systems.
  • Strengthen interinstitutional partnerships, including formal agreements with international or regional organizations.
  • Position the Hub as a technical and political reference in the agenda of gender and intersectionality in food systems in regional and international forums.