Resumen

RODRIGUEZ WALLENIUS, Carlos. Public-Policies, Citizen Action and Women Rights: The Case of Cunduacán, Tabasco. Gest. polít. pública [online]. 2008, vol.17, n.2, pp.425-449. ISSN 1405-1079.

This paper analyzes the experience of organized women groups in the municipality of Cunduacán, Tabasco, México, during the period of 2004 to 2007. This was a process in which some women from rural communities fought to defend their rights and demanded public policy, municipal regulations and state laws that protect them. During that process, municipal government created the Care for Women Coordination. The activities of the Coordination and women groups put the local agenda in items of women's rights and gender equity. With these references, we discussing about citizen action in the construction of public policies, with two relevant elements in this experience: Requiring a political openness of a local government product of alternating partisan, as well as the press for change of persons and communities involved. The other element was that in an effective way to solve a social problem, the government structure and its policies must be adapted to the social demands. The Care for Women Coordination is an example of transversely attention of women problems based on participation of them.

Palabras llave : public policy; women rights; municipalities; citizen action.