“We Are Prisoners in Our Own Homes”: Connecting the Environment, Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights to Sport for Development and Peace in Nicaragua

Abstract

This paper draws on postcolonial feminist political ecology theory, feminist theories of violence and new materialist approaches to sport and physical cultural studies—combined with literature on the role of non-humans in international development—to unpack the connections between gender-based violence and the environment in sport, gender and development (SGD) programming in Nicaragua. To do this, postcolonial feminist participatory action research (PFPAR), including visual research methods such as photovoice, was used to better understand, and prioritize, young Nicaraguan women’s experiences of the environment and gender-based violence as they participated in an SGD program used to promote environmentalism and improve their sexual and reproductive health rights. To conclude, the importance of accounting for the broader physical environment in social and political forces was underlined as it shapes the lives of those on the receiving end of SGD interventions.

Policy vs. practice in sport and climate change: the perspectives of key actors in global sport and international development

“…In analyzing SDP and the environment, the issue of scale also needs to be considered to account for the ways in which sustainable development and environmental objectives of SDP are unique across different programs, organizations, and places ( 8 ). The prioritization of economic growth over environmental issues, and the lack of connection between SDP and external public policy areas, also represent major challenges ( 8 ), as do the differential impact of climate change on women in SDP programs ( 18 ) and the influence of the extractives industry who implement SDP initiatives in Indigenous communities ( 19 , 20 ).…”

Doing together: reflections on facilitating the co-production of participatory action research with marginalised populations

“…Across both sport and physical activity and occupational therapy PAR research, creative methods have been used to subvert conventional approaches to knowledge production. For example, podcasting (Smith, Danford et al 2021a), photovoice (Birken and Bryant 2019;Hayhurst and Centeno 2019;McSweeney et al 2022), WhatsApp© conversations (Dania and Griffin 2021), World Cafés (Pettican, Speed et al 2021) and goalong interviews (Pettican et al 2022). Within the occupational therapy literature, the principles and practices of PAR have also been related to professional skills, philosophies and knowledge translation (Wimpenny 2013;Kramer-Roy 2015;Bennett et al 2016).…”

Keagenan Perempuan pada Krisis Iklim

“…Perspektif keadilan gender maupun perspektif perempuan lokal absen dalam konsep tata kelola ekologi dan krisis iklim (Hayhurst & Centeno 2019). Kurauchi et al (2005) menguatkan tentang posisi kelompok masyarakat lokal dalam tata kelola sumber daya alam di Asia Tenggara: seperti di Kamboja, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, dan Cina.…”

“…FPE mengeksplorasi keterkaitan antara lembaga lingkungan, produksi pengetahuan, dan posisi perempuan untuk menguraikan bagaimana kelompok yang berbeda menanggapi masalah dan kebijakan lingkungan dengan cara yang berbeda. Pendekatan poskolonial memperluas FPE dengan fokus praktik lingkungan (Hayhurst & Centeno 2019;Mollett 2017).…”