Gabriela García Gorbea holds a degree in Communication from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and a master's degree in Social Anthropology from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and a master's degree in Social Anthropology from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. ciesas-cdmx. She has worked in the fields of journalism and civil society, collaborating with various national and international organizations. Her research interests include mobility, women's strategies for safe mobility, social construction of risk and gentrification.

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Digital Strategies for the Everyday Mobility of Young Women in Mexico City

  • Carmen Icazuriaga Montes
  • Gabriela García Gorbea

Keywords: Mexico City, digital strategies for mobility, imaginaries of fear, insecurity, women's mobility.

What measures do women take to move through a public space they perceive as dangerous? This article analyzes how fear conditions women's intra-urban mobility in Mexico City and the actions they take in response. Based on questionnaires and digital media interviews with young middle-class women between 19 and 30 years of age, we analyze the knowledge they develop to feel safer during their movements. Their perception of safety and fear are conditioned by factors such as gender, age, experience and the areas through which they move, so they develop multiple response strategies. These women use digital technology to generate safety nets, turning mobility into an activity that is carried out from virtual co-presence and under a logic of collective care.