Limitaciones y estrategias de movilidad cotidiana en estudiantes madres de la Universidad de Cuenca localizadas en la interfaz urbano-rural del cantón Cuenca

Abstract

Everyday mobility, more than a simple physical displacement, is the result of diverse social dynamics. At this intersection, mobility experiences are influenced by characteristics associated with gender, age, socioeconomic status and education, which generate unequal relationships. Due to the disparities in the activities performed by women, which include work related to care and unpaid work, there is a multiplicity of heterogeneous and unequal displacements, which become more complex if, in addition to the gender issue, factors such as maternity status, place of residence in the city and their educational and occupational status are added. For this work we deploy a methodological plurality that combines quantitative and qualitative methods, starting from the identification of variables that help to dimension the mobility limitations of an intentional study group in a universe of student mothers at the University of Cuenca. The qualitative component is based on the active participation of the study universe; the use of techniques such as shadowing to document the spatialities and mobility practices produced; as well as interviews to define the displacements with their problems and the mechanisms of social innovation in the displacements. The processing of the obtained results and their discussion allow the formulation of a set of strategies for a safe mobility based on the deep understanding of the daily displacements of the mother students of the University of Cuenca who live in the urban-rural interface of the canton of Cuenca.