Mobilising Care: An Analysis of Care and Mobility Policies in Bogotá and Belo Horizonte
This article analyses how recent care policies in Bogotá and Belo Horizonte address the mobility dimensions of care. Emerging from feminist struggles, these policies mark an important shift in recognizing care as a public concern within urban governance.
Through a comparative policy analysis, the study shows that despite their innovative framing, many measures continue to individualise and feminise care within the family. They often rely on assumptions of fixed geographies for caregivers and care recipients, leaving everyday mobility needs and travel burdens insufficiently addressed.
By foregrounding care as an inherently mobile practice, the article contributes to debates on gender, mobility, and urban policy. It offers insights for policymakers and practitioners seeking to design urban systems that better reflect the lived realities of caregivers in diverse city contexts.