This article explores the intersection of political ecology, gender, and environmental issues in Latin America, highlighting the deep historical roots of socio-environmental conflicts in the region. It emphasizes the crucial role of women in socio-environmental movements, linking their involvement to several environmental changes and intensive resource extraction. As political ecology has gained prominence, it has become an essential framework for examining the power dynamics between society and nature, as well as climate change adaptation policies. To that end, incorporating gender as a central category of analysis is vital for understanding the uneven impacts women face in contexts of socio-environmental crises. The text underscores the leadership of women in environmental justice movements and also highlights the contributions of female academics in political ecology, who seek to challenge gender gaps and elevate women's contributions to ecological discussions. The text adopts a multidisciplinary approach, covering various fields such as human geography, anthropology, and sociology and it identifies three research axes: unequal impacts, care and resilience, and contentious action and leadership in the struggle for political power.Este art & iacute;culo explora la intersecci & oacute;n entre la ecolog & iacute;a pol & iacute;tica, el g & eacute;nero y los problemas ambientales en Am & eacute;rica Latina, destacando las profundas ra & iacute;ces hist & oacute;ricas de los conflictos socioambientales en la regi & oacute;n. Asimismo, enfatiza el papel crucial de las mujeres en los movimientos socioambientales, vinculando su participaci & oacute;n a diversos procesos de transformaci & oacute;n ambiental y a din & aacute;micas de extracci & oacute;n intensiva de recursos naturales. En la medida en que la ecolog & iacute;a pol & iacute;tica ha ganado centralidad, se ha consolidado como un marco anal & iacute;tico fundamental para examinar las relaciones de poder entre la sociedad y la naturaleza, as & iacute; como las pol & iacute;ticas de adaptaci & oacute;n al cambio clim & aacute;tico. En este sentido, la incorporaci & oacute;n del g & eacute;nero como categor & iacute;a central de an & aacute;lisis resulta indispensable para comprender los impactos desiguales que enfrentan las mujeres en contextos de crisis socioambientales. El texto subraya el liderazgo de las mujeres en los movimientos por la justicia ambiental y, al mismo tiempo, destaca las contribuciones de acad & eacute;micas en el campo de la ecolog & iacute;a pol & iacute;tica, quienes buscan cuestionar las brechas de g & eacute;nero y visibilizar y jerarquizar los aportes de las mujeres a los debates ecol & oacute;gicos. Desde un enfoque multidisciplinario, el art & iacute;culo abarca distintos campos -como la geograf & iacute;a humana, la antropolog & iacute;a y la sociolog & iacute;a- e identifica tres ejes de investigaci & oacute;n: los impactos desiguales, el cuidado y la resiliencia, y la acci & oacute;n contenciosa y el liderazgo en la disputa por el poder pol & iacute;tico.