Abstract
As the pandemic reveals how multiple intersecting inequalities affect public health, the work of rural activists defending their communities' rights to health, land, and gender, ethnic and environmental justice demonstrate how intersectional analysis can be put into practice. In the interviews that follow, Guatemalan Maya Tz'utujil activists Paulina Culum and Benilda Batzin describe how ‘health rights defenders’ seek justice for rural indigenous communities–work that the pandemic makes more critical than ever. Their strategies and insights have implications for addressing rural health rights around the world.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 899-926 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Journal of Peasant Studies |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 28 Jul 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Funding
At a departmental level, the REDC-Salud network coordinates actions with hospitals as well as the Healthcare Area Directorate. We coordinate our work and we have spaces for dialog. We have a very good relationship with the hospitals in Sololá, with the hospital director. We’ve made progress with her as well as the Healthcare Area Directorate, which is responsible for healthcare centers and outposts. That’s where decisions regarding various programs or the implementation of various programs are made based on public healthcare policies. It receives funding from the Ministry of Health to implement these actions. This is where decisions regarding health centers and health posts are taken.
| Funders |
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| Ministerio de Sanidad, Consumo y Bienestar Social |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- COVID-19
- Guatemala
- Health rights
- accountability
- community health worker
- defender
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