• DOI:10.1080/13552070802120426
• Corpus ID: 72449191

Sexuality, health, and human rights: self-identified priorities of indigenous women in Peru

@article{Bant2008SexualityHA,
  title={Sexuality, health, and human rights: self-identified priorities of indigenous women in Peru},
  author={Astrid Bant and Françoise Girard},
  journal={Gender \& Development},
  year={2008},
  volume={16},
  pages={247 - 256}
}

• A. Bant, F. Girard
• Published 1 July 2008
• Political Science
• Gender & Development

The link between sexuality and development is often not well understood, or it is thought to be a frivolous subject, to be addressed after other, more ‘important’ needs are met. But, from the perspective of indigenous women in Latin America, the right to control sexuality is in fact a crucial element in the improvement of their daily lives. Participatory assessments of health problems with Andean and Amazon women in Peru demonstrate that sexual-rights issues, particularly those related to gender inequality, are identified by the women themselves as the most important obstacles to their good health and well-being.