Female employment and reduction of real poverty in two rural localities in Yucatán, Mexico

Authors

  • Lucely Carminia Contreras Uc Doctorante en el Colegio de Sonora
  • América Nallely Lutz Ley El Colegio de Sonora

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/eees.v31i89.7335

Keywords:

female employment, income poverty, human capabilities, rural localities, southeastern Mexico

Abstract

The objective of the study was to analyze real poverty and the contributions of female employment in the reduction of monetary poverty and human capability poverty in Bokobá and Teya, Yucatán. A mixed methodology was used. Quantitative data were obtained through a cluster sample survey, 134 questionnaires were completed. Qualitative data were collected through 24 interviews. Findings indicate that in Teya there is greater monetary poverty and women are less able to be employed than women in Bokobá; it is also evident that by increasing the average female wage contribution, poverty in households decreases; in addition, having a job enables women to strengthen their agency and their voice. The conclusion points to the critical importance of women being employed, as this helps to reduce poverty by capabilities and to break through monetary poverty in their households.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Lucely Carminia Contreras Uc, Doctorante en el Colegio de Sonora

Egresada del Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales, en la linea Desarrollo Sustentabilidad y Género.

América Nallely Lutz Ley, El Colegio de Sonora

América Lutz Ley es profesora-investigadora titular A en el Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo de El Colegio de Sonora, en Hermosillo, México. Tiene un Doctorado en Ciencias de los Recursos de Tierras Áridas (Arid Lands Resource Sciences) con especialidad en Cambio Global por la Universidad de Arizona (2012-2016) y una Maestría en Ciencias Sociales con especialidad en Teoría y Análisis de Asuntos Públicos por El Colegio de Sonora (2008-2010). Es miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, nivel 1. Su investigación se centra en las dinámicas y problemas de la adaptación humana al cambio climático, la seguridad y gestión hídrica y el desarrollo sustentable; aspectos analizados desde enfoques de sistemas socio-ecológicos, ecología política, ecología política feminista, e instituciones y política pública.

Downloads

Published

2024-01-24

How to Cite

Contreras Uc, L. C., & Lutz Ley, A. N. . (2024). Female employment and reduction of real poverty in two rural localities in Yucatán, Mexico. Espiral Estudios Sobre Estado Y Sociedad (eISSN: 2594-021X), 31(89). https://doi.org/10.32870/eees.v31i89.7335

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 89 (2024): Espiral 89 (enero-abril de 2024)

Section

Sociedad

License

Open access policy

Authors who publish in this journal accept the following conditions:

In accordance with the legislation of copyright, Espiral Estudios sobre Estado y Sociedad recognizes and respects the moral rights of the authors, as well as their equity ownership, which will be given to the journal to for diffusion on open access. Espiral does not charge authors for sending and processing their articles for publication.

The authors are able to engage in independent and additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the article’s version published in Espiral (for example, to include it in an institutional repository or publish it in a book) provided that they clearly indicate that the work was published for the first time in Espiral.

For all of the above, the authors (s) must send a format of a letter of transfer of property rights on the first publication duly completed and signed by the author (s). This format can be sent via email in PDF file to the email espiral.udeg@gmail.com. (Letter of transfer of author property rights)

Most read articles by the same author(s)