Challenges for the gender institutionalization in institutions of higher education in Mexico. A view to the organizational contexts

Authors

  • Daniela Cerva Cerna Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

Abstract

This article seeks to examine what happens to women's studies and gender with respect to the challenges facing educational institutions in their participation in the production of knowledge on women and gender relations to highlight the importance of generating institutional actions on the own dynamics that reproduce power relations within the educational spaces. The analysis includes the results of qualitative research with academic women and members of gender units in some Mexican universities.

Keywords:

Universities, organizational culture , gender institutionalization, gender gap, academic women

Author Biography

Daniela Cerva Cerna, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

Socióloga por la Universidad de Chile, Maestra en Ciencias Sociales por la FLACSO México, Doctora en Ciencias Políticas y Sociales por la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de la UNAM, Egresada Posdoctorado CRIM-UNAM.