Publication: Why Does She Move?: A Study of Women's Mobility in Latin American Cities
Date
2020-03-01
ISSN
Published
2020-03-01
Author(s)
Dominguez Gonzalez, Karla
Machado, Ana Luiza
Bianchi Alves, Bianca
Raffo, Veronica
Guerrero, Sofia
Portabales, Irene
Abstract
This study explores the range of
constraints to women’s mobility and access to economic
opportunities in six low-income areas of urban Latin America
through the lens of agency. The study demonstrates that,
apart from transport-related deficiencies, several factors
at the community, household, and individual levels shape
women’s capacity to make and act upon decisions about their
mobility. The study consists of five sections in addition to
this introduction. Section two: authors discuss key findings
from the literature on women’s mobility and how they inform
the study design; section three: authors briefly present the
methodology; section four: authors describe the factors
which shape women’s Agency in Mobility and seek to show how
these shape women’s decisions regarding mobility and work;
sections five and six: authors draw policy recommendations
and conclusions.
Citation
“Dominguez Gonzalez, Karla; Machado, Ana Luiza; Bianchi Alves, Bianca; Raffo, Veronica; Guerrero, Sofia; Portabales, Irene. 2020. Why Does She Move?: A Study of Women's Mobility in Latin American Cities. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33466 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”