Published in 2013, this policy document by Nicole Bidegain Ponte and Masaya Llavaneras Blanco examines the relationships between economic, ecological, and gender justice in Latin America. Developed as a contribution to debates surrounding the post-2015 development agenda, the publication questions dominant development models centred on unlimited economic growth, extractivism, and the commodification of nature. Instead, it explores alternative approaches grounded in the sustainability of life and the interdependence of human rights, environmental sustainability, and social justice.

Drawing on a feminist political economy perspective, the text discusses the socio-environmental impacts of extractive industries and agro-export models, including their effects on indigenous communities, territorial rights, and women’s lives. It also examines the instrumentalisation of women’s rights within social and development policies, exploring how conditional cash transfer programmes and maternal health initiatives often rely on unequal distributions of unpaid care work. The publication further outlines policy recommendations on corporate accountability, progressive taxation, public financing, sexual and reproductive rights, and the participation of feminist and environmental movements in global governance processes.