Gender and Mobility: time-space inequality’s (Genmob) final Conference took place on December 5th, 2016, at IGOT, University of Lisbon (Program available here)
GenMob has sought to: (i) generate gendered information to support the deepening of knowledge and support the formulation of public policies on spatio-temporal inequalities between genders, and (ii) to deepen knowledge about the practices of women and men in the territory, At a time when the United Nations is discussing the urban agenda for the next 20 years at the HABITAT III conference.
Based on the real-time and synchronous capture of the movements on weekdays of a sample of volunteers inserted in the labor market, GenMob identified the schedules, the travel chains and stops, the spatial distribution of the displacements, and modes of transport, and defined daily mobility profiles. The data were collected with the automatic geo-referenced (GPS) recording of daily personal activity, supported by smartphones and personal trackers or personal trackers, for people who could not / have wanted to use the smartphone. Data collection was supported by the Moves mobile app, available for iOS and Android, which has a precise spatial reading through Google Maps.
The methodology used in the project for a detailed knowledge of the spatial (mobility) behaviour of women and men and associated time uses is innovative in gender studies and questions whether the male mobility chain should continue as the reference standard for institutions and Policies.
GenMob was developed within the framework of CEG / IGOT, University of Lisbon, financed by the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism (EEA Grants, PT07, 2nd open call) in the area of support for the Portuguese gender equality policy in promoting balance between work and private life. He had as main partner Noroff University College, Norway.
teve lugar no dia 5 de dezembro de 2016, no IGOT, Universidade de Lisboa (ver aqui o Programa).
OPENING SESSION Left to right: Anabela Barreto (EEA Grants), Alida Endresen (Norway Embassy representative), Catarina Marcelino (Secretary of State), Mário Vale (Centre for Geographical Studies Director), Margarida Queirós (GenMob coordinator)
SESÃO DE ABERTURA Da esquerda para a direita: Anabela Barreto (EEA Grants), Alida Endresen (representante da Embaixada da Noruega), Catarina Marcelino (Secretária de Estado), Mário Vale (Diretor do Centro de Estudos Geográficos), Margarida Queirós (coordenadora do projeto GenMob)
Secretary of State, Catarina Marcelino, and Professor Mário Vale
Secretária de Estado, Catarina Marcelino, e Professor Mário Vale
ROUND TABLE Left to right: Mário Vale (CEG), Francisco Vala (INE), João Tremoceiro (Lisbon Municipality), Cristina Cavaco (DGT), Teresa Fragoso (Comission for Citizenship and Gender Equality), Ernst Sundt (Noroff University College), Elza Pais (Assembly of the Republic Deputy)
MESA REDONDA Da esquerda para a direita: Mário Vale (Centro de Estudos Geográficos), Francisco Vala (Instituto Nacional de Estatística), João Tremoceiro (CMLisboa), Cristina Cavaco (Direção Geral do Território), Teresa Fragoso (Comissão para a Cidadania e Igualdade de Género), Ernst Sundt (Noroff University College), Elza Pais (Deputada da Assembleia da República)
CLOSING SESSION Left to right: Margarida Queirós (GenMob coordinator), Lucinda Fonseca (IGOT director), Teresa Fragoso (Comission for Citizenship and Gender Equality director), Eduarda Marques da Costa (MOPT research group coordinator)
SESSÃO DE ENCERRAMENTO Da equerda para a direita: Margarida Queirós (coordenadora do projeto GenMob), Lucinda Fonseca (Diretora do IGOT), Teresa Fragoso (Diretora da Comissão para a Cidadania e Igualdade de Género), Eduarda Marques da Costa (Coordenadora do núcleo de investigação MOPT)