Trabajo de cuidado y triple rol presente en las madres estudiantes de la Universidad de Cuenca “Campus Central”, en el periodo septiembre 2022- febrero 2023

Abstract

This research addresses the issue of care work and triple role in student mothers at the University of Cuenca. The research was conducted throughout the central campus. The main objective is to analyze the care work and triple role assumed by the student mothers of the University of Cuenca in the Central Campus, in the period September 2022- February 2023. In turn, the research question is: What is the context in which the student mothers of the University of Cuenca "Central Campus" develop care work from the perspective of the triple role, in the period September 2022- February 2023? To develop the research, the mixed research approach was used to identify the different activities that student mothers develop in the reproductive, productive, community, and academic activities. In addition to identifying the strategies, they use to reconcile academic activities with caregiving tasks, from the perspective of feminist economics and care and propose guidelines that respond to the needs of student mothers at the University of Cuenca, from a gender perspective. As a main result, the student mothers count on the fundamental support of their mothers as support networks to be able to develop their academic activities. In addition, it was identified that the student mothers are the ones who take responsibility for all the welfare of their daughters, putting their own before theirs.