PhD defence A. (Azucena) Gollaz Moran

Below is a brief summary of the dissertation: 

This dissertation questions the systemic exclusion that women face in their daily urban mobilities to work by public transportation in Guadalajara, Mexico. It aims to understand unequal mobilities by emphasising that gender intersects with other power structures, such as ethnicity, skin colour, social class, age, religion, and functional diversity, affecting women’s mobility in a multidimensional way. The research was guided by questions aimed at understanding how urban mobility barriers impact the daily lives of women and at knowing the strategies they use to negotiate the barriers. The research seeks to understand how women’s intersectional experiences are configured through their paths to work by public transportation. And to comprehend how women’s narratives, emotions, and embodied knowledges are essential for transforming the planning of urban mobilities considering a social justice approach.