Gender policies in a state public university: institutional discrepancies

Abstract

This article presents an analysis of the institutional documentation on gender policies in a Mexican public university and the concrete actions in day-to-day management. After a detailed review of regulations, codes and institutional policies that are used as reference frameworks for educational practice in a public university, the author contrasted it with the testimony of some high-level managers, allowingus to know how these referents intervene in structural relationships. Among the main findings we canidentify that the concern for issues such as gender violence is recent and has only been worked at at thelevel of research by academic bodies, without influencing the institutional decision-making level, which means that in effect gender issues are not a priority and when they are included they are placed in thesame hierarchy as other vulnerable groups.