Cowater International’s MEGAM Project in Peru has been working closely with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP), the Ministry of Environment (MINAM), the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM), and their various directorates and affiliated bodies to support national efforts that promote gender equality.

One of the most successful examples of advancing gender-sensitive environmental policies, and the integration of a gender perspective into working culture, comes from MEGAM’s work with the National Service for Natural Protected Areas (SERNANP) – the body that oversees the conservation of Natural Protected Areas (ANP) and Peru’s biodiversity. MEGAM’s collaboration with Peruvian authorities involved a three-staged approach.