Frida Salgado
Pronouns: she/her
Research Mentor(s): Jacinta Beehner
Research Mentor School/College/Department: Psychology / LSA
Program:
Authors: Frida Salgado, Paloma Contreras
Session: Session 3: 11:00 am – 11: 50 am
Poster: 31
Abstract
Mexico City has experienced many water issues relating to water scarcity, unequal access, and infrastructure challenges for decades. The city’s water authority, SACMEX (Sistema de Aguas de la Ciudad de México), coordinates water services for approximately 10 million people while also dealing with the challenges of damaged hydraulic infrastructure, underfunding and budget cuts, and new leadership every six years (Collins, 2020). This study aims to understand if there is a gap between women’s experiences of water insecurity and public policy goals in Mexico City. I propose that SACMEX’s public policy framework often fails to adequately meet the identified water needs of women in Mexico City. Women’s experiences with water insecurity were gauged using interview questionnaires from the 400 recruited women in Mexico City’s borough of Iztapalapa. Public policy goals in Mexico City were obtained from a previous study on SACMEX workers who focus on damaged hydraulic infrastructure (Coss-Corzo, 2022). Water insecurity is a new challenge to which governments and humans are learning to respond to. This study contributes to understanding the intersections of water management, public policy, and gender dynamics in the broader discourse on sustainable urban development and resource governance.
