Género y Urbanismo: ¿hacia ciudades más sensibles e inclusivas?

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to analyse the extent to which the local councils of the cities of Pamplona and Tudela are including the gender perspective in their urban development policies. The theoretical framework of the study consists of, first, the feminist critique of the distinction between the public and the private space, -which leads to a city design where areas for working are separated from areas for caring- and, secondly, the requirement to meet the specific needs of women – including their role as care-givers - to ensure equal access to the city. Based on the documents issued by the Habitat program in its successive meetings from the first conference, in 1976, until the last one, in 2016, we develop a series of recommendations which may be used as specific indicators to assess the degree of gender mainstreaming in urban planning policies. Based on the systematization of Habitat's proposals, we carry out an analysis of the Equality and Urban Planning Plans of the selected cities, complemented by interviews with members of the technical staff in both areas. Our findings show an uneven development of Habitat's recommendations has taken place in both Pamplona and Tudela; however, a clear awareness also exists that urbanism is not gender-neutral; at the same time, the importance of care provision in urban policies is growing, as can be seen in the introduction of some actions in favour of co-responsibility.