Document Type
Case Study
Publication Date
1984
Abstract
A comienzos de 1978, un grupo de famílias esperaba que le adjudicaran una de las casas comprendidas en un proyecto de viviendas económicas en Mérida, una ciudad de la costa sudeste de México. Algunas casas contaban con un sistema de drenaje nuevo llamado SIRDO (Sistema Integrado de Reciclamiento de Desechos Orgánicos), y las familias interesadas en vivir en la manzana experimental donde se instalaría el SIRDO, podrían ocupar su casa inmediatamente. Tres años más tarde un otro grupo de familias de una comunidad situada en el populoso Valle de Mexico resolvieron ensayar el sistema en su propio vecindario. Las mujeres han desempeñado un papel esencial en este proceso, reforzando con ello la posición que ocupan dentro de sus familias y de la colectividad. Han llegado a ser además las principales encargadas del manejo de un sistema que, aparte de mejorar las condiciones sanitarias, ofrece la posibilidad de realizar actividades comunitarias productoras de ingresos. Este número de SEEDS cuenta la historia de estas mujeres, de las comunidades en que viven, y de los cambios ocasionados por esta nueva tecnología.
At the beginning of 1978, a group of families were awaiting access to low-cost housing in Mérida, a city on Mexico's southeastern coast. Some units were equipped with a new drainage system called SIRDO (Integrated System for Recycling Organic Wastes), and families interested in living in the experimental block where the SIRDO was to be installed could be given housing right away. Three years later, families in another community located in the crowded Valley of Mexico decided to try the system in their own neighborhood. Women have played a crucial role in learning to manage the technical, economic, and social aspects of a new, community-based technology and, in so doing, have strengthened their own standing within their families and communities. They also have become the principal managers of a system that both improves sanitary conditions and offers possibilities for community-based income-earning activities. This issue of SEEDS tells the story of these women and their communities, and the changes brought about through the introduction of this new technology.
DOI
10.31899/pgy4.1040
Language
Spanish
Recommended Citation
Schmink, Marianne. 1984. "Administración comunitaria del reciclamiento de desechos: El SIRDO," SEEDS no. 8. New York: Population Council.
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Comments
Issue no. 8 of SEEDS, a pamphlet series developed to provide information about innovative and practical program ideas to address the economic roles and needs of low-income women.