Video interview: Partnering with the Government of Mexico City to prevent gender violence

Generating evidence to inform policies for gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a crucial priority for J-PAL LAC, and government partnerships are critical to achieving this goal. Since 2020, J-PAL LAC has been partnering with the Mexico City Women's Secretariat (SEMUJERES), which is dedicated to using scientific evidence in their decision-making to reduce intimate partner violence and prevent femicide. To learn lessons from this collaboration, we interviewed Dulce Colín, general director for gender equality at SEMUJERES.

During these years, J-PAL affiliated researchers, J-PAL LAC staff, and governmental officials have worked together to institutionalize a culture of policy making at SEMUJERES. Milestones of this work have included running an ongoing pilot study led by J-PAL affiliates and funded by Open Society Foundations to reduce intimate partner violence and prevent femicide in Mexico City; improving targeting a conditional cash transfer program based on an evidence review, and providing a training on randomized evaluations and measurement with a gender lens for policymakers. In these short videos, Dulce explains the partnership's main achievements and gives invaluable insights into this collaboration.

How did the collaboration between SEMUJERES and J-PAL come about?

What projects are you working on with J-PAL LAC?

A J-PAL LAC staff joined the team to support the project. What are the benefits of embedding this person in a government office?

How did J-PAL help you incorporate the culture of evidence into the decision-making process?

What lessons could this collaboration give to other governments?

Learn more examples of how we work together with LAC governments to reduce poverty and improve social policy around the world. Also, discover how we are helping to incorporate the use of evidence into the Mexican and Brazilian government's work.