Women Bus Drivers in Lima and Callao: How Did They Start, Under What Conditions Do They Work, and What Are Their Opinions About Being Drivers?

The present article identified the factors that have contributed to the presence / absence of women in passenger transport driving positions in Lima and Callao. For this purpose, 17 female drivers from the conventional transport in Lima and Callao were interviewed (from a total of 180 licensed drive...

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Autores principales: Zevallos, Rodrigo, Maciejewska, Monika
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2025
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Public transportation
Women drivers
Gender
Labor insertion
Transporte público
Choferes mujeres
Género
Inserción laboral
Acceso en línea:https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/rtt/article/view/16318
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spelling I28-R264-article-163182025-12-19T15:45:09Z Women Bus Drivers in Lima and Callao: How Did They Start, Under What Conditions Do They Work, and What Are Their Opinions About Being Drivers? Mujeres choferes de transporte público en Lima y Callao: ¿Cómo empezaron, en qué condiciones trabajan y qué opinan de ser conductoras? Zevallos, Rodrigo Maciejewska, Monika Public transportation Women drivers Gender Labor insertion Transporte público Choferes mujeres Género Inserción laboral The present article identified the factors that have contributed to the presence / absence of women in passenger transport driving positions in Lima and Callao. For this purpose, 17 female drivers from the conventional transport in Lima and Callao were interviewed (from a total of 180 licensed drivers at the beginning of 2023). The study found a female workforce that, despite coming from family backgrounds linked to that sector, continues to overcome mostly cultural barriers, and which currently reflects the informal conditions of the commission-affiliate scheme still in force in the conventional transport system studied, whose flexibility and profitability, paradoxically, allows some drivers to compensate for their work inside and outside the home. The research’s contribution lies in highlighting the need to address the working conditions of women in public transport in Lima and Callao, specifically of female drivers as an essential actor in the sector’s value chain. These inputs become mandatory reading for policy makers and transport entrepreneurs in Lima and Callao, of Peru and any other territory seeking to close the gender gap in markets that are not completely formal. El presente artículo identifica los factores que han contribuido a la escasa presencia femenina en los puestos de conducción de vehículos de transporte público de pasajeros en Lima y Callao (Perú). Para ello, se entrevistó a 17 conductoras de transporte convencional de Lima y Callao (de un total de 180 choferes mujeres habilitadas a inicios de 2023) y se encontró una población laboral femenina que, a pesar de provenir de un entorno familiar vinculado al sector, sigue superando barreras principalmente culturales. Esta población refleja actualmente las condiciones no formales del esquema comisionista-afiliador aún vigente en el sistema de transporte convencional estudiado, cuya flexibilidad y rentabilidad, paradójicamente, permite a algunas choferes compensar sus labores dentro y fuera de casa, promoviendo así su permanencia en el sector. La contribución de la investigación radica en mostrar la necesidad de abordar las condiciones laborales de las mujeres en el transporte público en Lima y Callao, específicamente de las conductoras como actoras imprescindibles en la cadena de valor sectorial. Estos hallazgos ofrecen insumos importantes para policy makers y empresarios del sector que buscan reducir la brecha de género en mercados no completamente formales y con sobrerrepresentación masculina. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2025-12-19 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/rtt/article/view/16318 10.34096/rtt.i33.16318 Revista Transporte y Territorio; No. 33 (2025): Las arenas de la caminata en ciudades de América Latina; 236-259 Revista Transporte y Territorio; Núm. 33 (2025): Las arenas de la caminata en ciudades de América Latina; 236-259 1852-7175 spa https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/rtt/article/view/16318/15631 Derechos de autor 2025 Rodrigo Zevallos, Monika Maciejewska https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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topic Public transportation
Women drivers
Gender
Labor insertion
Transporte público
Choferes mujeres
Género
Inserción laboral
spellingShingle Public transportation
Women drivers
Gender
Labor insertion
Transporte público
Choferes mujeres
Género
Inserción laboral
Zevallos, Rodrigo
Maciejewska, Monika
Women Bus Drivers in Lima and Callao: How Did They Start, Under What Conditions Do They Work, and What Are Their Opinions About Being Drivers?
topic_facet Public transportation
Women drivers
Gender
Labor insertion
Transporte público
Choferes mujeres
Género
Inserción laboral
author Zevallos, Rodrigo
Maciejewska, Monika
author_facet Zevallos, Rodrigo
Maciejewska, Monika
author_sort Zevallos, Rodrigo
title Women Bus Drivers in Lima and Callao: How Did They Start, Under What Conditions Do They Work, and What Are Their Opinions About Being Drivers?
title_short Women Bus Drivers in Lima and Callao: How Did They Start, Under What Conditions Do They Work, and What Are Their Opinions About Being Drivers?
title_full Women Bus Drivers in Lima and Callao: How Did They Start, Under What Conditions Do They Work, and What Are Their Opinions About Being Drivers?
title_fullStr Women Bus Drivers in Lima and Callao: How Did They Start, Under What Conditions Do They Work, and What Are Their Opinions About Being Drivers?
title_full_unstemmed Women Bus Drivers in Lima and Callao: How Did They Start, Under What Conditions Do They Work, and What Are Their Opinions About Being Drivers?
title_sort women bus drivers in lima and callao: how did they start, under what conditions do they work, and what are their opinions about being drivers?
description The present article identified the factors that have contributed to the presence / absence of women in passenger transport driving positions in Lima and Callao. For this purpose, 17 female drivers from the conventional transport in Lima and Callao were interviewed (from a total of 180 licensed drivers at the beginning of 2023). The study found a female workforce that, despite coming from family backgrounds linked to that sector, continues to overcome mostly cultural barriers, and which currently reflects the informal conditions of the commission-affiliate scheme still in force in the conventional transport system studied, whose flexibility and profitability, paradoxically, allows some drivers to compensate for their work inside and outside the home. The research’s contribution lies in highlighting the need to address the working conditions of women in public transport in Lima and Callao, specifically of female drivers as an essential actor in the sector’s value chain. These inputs become mandatory reading for policy makers and transport entrepreneurs in Lima and Callao, of Peru and any other territory seeking to close the gender gap in markets that are not completely formal.
publisher Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
publishDate 2025
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