The Contribution of Spatial and Intersecctional Analysis of Gender Inequalities in the City of Sao Paulo

Abstract

In Brazil, indicators of gender inequality are often shown to be unfavorable to women with regard to income, time in reproductive work, sexual division of productive labor etc. In examining the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 5, class and race are little explored. When these indicators are compared and spacialized with others, such as labor (formal and informal); urban infrastructure (travel time, housing conditions etc.); violence (racism, feminicide and other violence against women); as well as even COVID-19 indicators, it is possible to assess that location variable is crucial in identifying how and where the women are most affected by gender inequalities. Spatial analysis can contribute to the approach of the literature on intersectionality as it identifies that gender inequalities are more or less intense and concentrated throughout the territory when we overlap other social vulnerabilities. The goal of this approach is to provide support for more inclusive and spatially accurate public policies. The latest municipal, state and federal spatializable databases were used.