Género, espacio y movimientos urbanos

Abstract

In the last decades the interest in the relationship between gender and the organization of space has increased. The social meaning of being a man or a woman is translated into a specific experience of space and the ensuing process of adaptation to the corresponding required gender roles. Space perceived as the social product in which the relationships of power are summed up is one of the expressions of patriarchy. The urban movements where women have had an important role constitute an echo their necessities and of the alternatives they point to. The case study here proposed has shown the gender inequalities present in the Canary Islands local neighbourhood associations, in aspects regarding urban demands, the use of spaces or the conditions the leader of such organizations are subjected to.