The Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the biennial official competition for senior national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America.

It was organized by the Pan-American Team Handball Federation.

In addition to crowning the Pan-American champions, the tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the IHF World Women's Handball Championship.

In 2018, the PATHF was folded and the tournament was replaced with the North American & Caribbean and South and Central American Women's Handball Championships.