Inequality in the access to food among zoque women and children in Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i4.1893Keywords:
Gender, Feeding, Zoques, Children, Child nutrition.Abstract
This paper analyzes the food process and infant nutrition, specifically breastfeeding and ablactation, as ways to study gender inequalities. The study was conducted among zoque families in a municipality with a high prevalence of child malnutrition in southeastern Mexico. The ethnographic method and the techniques of the in-depth interview and the participant observation were used to recover the point of view of the fathers and mothers of 14 zoque children. The results show that inequality in access to food suffered by women and girls and boys for economic, cultural and gender reasons, affects their nutritional status and will have long-term repercussions, so it is urgent to design programs or initiatives with a gender perspective that allows zoque society to recognize women’s rights and improve their status.
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