Abstract:
The purpose of this article is to present an analysis of policies that joint gender and health in Latin America, based on a global dimension of the agenda and the institutionalization of this issues at the region. It focuses on how studies and global assessments of these policies “make gender” precisaly, connected to the coloniality that weaves societies in the Global South. The methodology included a discourse analysis of recent publications provided by two global actors highlighted in the review: Cepal and PAHO. Among the results, there are differences in the of “making gender” of these organs, with the discursive operation of suppression of heterogeneity in the idea of autonomy of the first and with relational constructions of gender of the second linked to equity. It is noteworthy that the alignment to neoliberal policies does not allow us to visualize more robust instruments of social justice proposed in these evaluations.
Keywords:
Gender; Coloniality; Public Policy; Health; Global South