Bringing Women Back into the (Collective) Kitchen

The Case of the Ley de comedores sociales in Mexico City

Bibliographic Data

ID12425923
AuthorsNora Nagels (0000-0003-3094-9041, Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal , Case postale 8888, succ. Centre-ville , Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3P8, corresponding author), Françoise Montambeault (0000-0002-5548-9291, Political Science, Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville , Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7)
Year2025
Volume32
Issue4
Pages1282-1305
Publication date2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1072-4745 • E-ISSN: 1468-2893
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sp/jxaf044
OpenAlexW4416058824
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited26

Women’s participation in informal and collective carework in Latin America has had ambiguous effects on their access to extended citizenship rights, from which they have been traditionally excluded. In this paper, we examine the case of the 2009 Ley de comedores sociales in Mexico city, which institutionalizes the pivotal role of women as administrators of the community-based comedores comunitarios (community kitchens). Drawing from insights from the literatures on women’s citizenship in Latin America and on gender analysis of social policy, we look at how the policy framing shapes women’s everyday citizenship practices and, in turn, their access to formal citizenship rights. We argue that, because of its regendering nature, Mexico City’s policy has had a very limited effect on women’s access to formal social and political rights. Our argument draws from two complementary qualitative methods: policy content analysis and a series of in-depth interviews with women administrators of the comedores

Argument (complex analysis · Citizenship · Framing (construction · Latin Americans · Mexico city · Politics · Social citizenship · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

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