Explorando la intersección entre cambio climático, género y seguridad alimentaria en América Latina

Introduction. The consequences of climate change on women in Latin American countries are notably more serious, due to the existing gaps in education, access to land and information services. This is exacerbated by the health, welfare and livelihood risks faced by rural women's groups. Objective. To describe the relationship between climate change and food security with a gender perspective in Latin America. Materials and methods. Through an exploratory review in the databases Redalyc, Scielo, Google Scholar, EBSCO, Web of Science and Scopus, 36 documents were analyzed between 2010 and 2022 focused on Latin American countries. Results. The most commonly described events were: drought, flood, temperature increase and landslides, generating a lack of food supply. There is evidence of existing gaps in health, access to resources and information, security and human rights, where social vulnerability is reproduced and the success of public policies aimed at combating the impact of climate change and the social consequences of the pandemic becomes more difficult. The risks of climate change are particularly severe for indigenous and Afro-descendant women and girls, older women, LGBTIQ+ people, those with disabilities, those in migration situations and those living in rural, remote and disaster- and conflict-prone areas.Conclusions. Climate change is not gender neutral, and there is a gap in the implementation of gender-sensitive climate change adaptation policies.