It’s Public It’s Ours

An interdisciplinary effort that, supported by data analysis and visualization tools, seeks to contribute to the public discussion on the situation of pregnancy and motherhood in adolescence from various angles.

In Mexico, 997 births occur every day in women between 10 and 19 years of age. In this context, in 2015 the President launched the National Strategy to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy (ENAPEA) as a “priority” action. To evaluate the impact of this strategy, we need to know the situation of adolescent pregnancy: how is the geographical distribution, how wide is access to health services, how much is the expenditure on prevention, how does pregnancy impact activities and roles of this group, what are institutional programs and actions focused on the prevention and care of this issue.

Transparency and access to public information can be the basis for combating inequality in the country. In this project we use the information to build approaches from which a public problem can be addressed by creating a synergy between government actions and citizen participation.

Main activities of adolescent women: Comparison of the main activities carried out by adolescent girls with and without sons or daughters. It shows the persistence of traditional roles and gender stereotypes, specifically of care activities in the domestic space.

Access to health services: The access of adolescent women, with and without daughters or sons, to various types of health services is shown.

Greater transparency and budget for ENAPEA: The analysis of the budget shows that it is insufficient, that there is no clarity in the totality of resources allocated and that there are administrative deficiencies in the verification of spending.