Resumen

REYES MORALES, Rafael G.  y  GIJON CRUZ, Alicia Sylvia. Vulnerabilidad social de las mujeres y la población indígena en Oaxaca, 2005: restricciones y estrategias. LiminaR [online]. 2007, vol.5, n.2, pp.90-107. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.29043/liminar.v5i2.253.

The central points of discussion on social vulnerability of women and indigenous population in Oaxaca State include: Exclusion from policies affecting welfare benefits; purchasing power; and strategies for overcoming the condition of vulnerability. The findings of this article contradict the female-headed households’ state of relative precariousness as reported in case specific literature. Migration appears as an instrument contributing to gender equity and allows for increased schooling in indigenous population. Furthermore, the indigenous population is almost excluded from welfare polices and has lower purchasing power, while indigenous women represent the most excluded group from public polices on education.

Palabras llave : Social vulnerability; gender; indigenous population; internal and international migration.