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Health Risks to Amazon Women and Adaptation of Riverine Communities to Dry Hazards

Descrizione del progetto

Proteggere le donne in prima linea contro i rischi climatici

Il bacino amazzonico è minacciato dai cambiamenti climatici, dalla deforestazione e dagli incendi boschivi, e negli ultimi due decenni la siccità è aumentata in durata e gravità, accompagnata da ondate di calore e incendi. La ricerca indica che questi rischi colpiscono in modo sproporzionato le donne, a causa dei loro ruoli sociali e della loro suscettibilità fisiologica. Con il supporto del programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, il progetto HER-AWARD si propone di studiare l’impatto dei pericoli derivanti dalla siccità sulla salute delle donne nelle comunità fluviali dell’Amazzonia brasiliana. Abbinando conoscenze scientifiche e locali a un approccio di genere, il progetto si propone di fornire informazioni utili per interventi che rafforzino e sostengano le donne che subiscono gli impatti climatici più gravi nella regione.

Obiettivo

The Amazon River Basin is under threat due to climate change, deforestation, and forest fire. Hydroclimatic records show an increase in both the duration and intensity of droughts with remarkable events occurring in the past 20 years in the region. Climate projections indicate overall drier conditions for most of the Amazon in the next decades, together with a higher frequency of extremes such as droughts and floods. By means of positive feedback between climate change and deforestation, changes in precipitation, evapotranspiration, and air temperature exacerbate extreme droughts, which frequently co-occurs with heatwaves and forest fires, the three of them being referred to as dry hazards. Compound dry hazards pose health impacts that can be felt differently according to gender, with increasing evidence suggesting that women suffer more intensively because of social norms regarding gender roles as well as due to physiological factors related to reproductive health. HER-AWARD (Health Risks to Amazon Women and Adaptation of Riverine Communities to Dry Hazards) is an interdisciplinary research project aimed to elucidate the intersectional dimensions of health risks associated with dry hazards among women from riverine communities of the BR Amazon. The project seeks to understand the overlapping impacts of compound dry hazards and their cascading effects on women's health. The research is organized into primary components that explore two different spatial scales: starting from a basin-wide perspective and zooming in to a community level. By integrating these scopes, HER-AWARD aims to generate actionable insights and inform effective interventions tailored to the unique needs of riverine women in the Amazon, grounded on scientific and local knowledge through a gender lens. The project is based on an interdisciplinary methodology, combining large-scale environmental modelling, hydrological and spatial analysis, as well as case study social science methods.

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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships

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Coordinatore

HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAET ZU BERLIN
Contributo netto dell'UE
€ 202 125,12
Indirizzo
UNTER DEN LINDEN 6
10117 Berlin
Germania
Regione
Berlin Berlin Berlin
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Costo totale
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