Brígida García Guzmán (May 13, 1947 – 18 September 2020) was a sociologist and demographer. She was born in Moca in the

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in 1947.Brigida Garcia (1947 - 2020)
/ref> In 1969, she moved to Mexico to pursue studies in demographics at The College of Mexico. She later obtained her doctorate in sociology at the School of Political and Social Sciences at the

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. She became a Mexican citizen in 1991. García Guzmán was a professor and investigator at the Center of Demographic, Urban, and Environmental studies at

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, until she gained emeritus status in 2019. She formed part of the National System of Investigators, specializing in labor market, family, and

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. García Guzmán received recognition for her contributions to constructing indicators and lines of action regarding poverty, heads of family, intrafamilial violence, and the female labor force. In 2003, she received the Luisa María Leal Duk Award of Population, awarded by her National Forum of Women and Population Politics for her contributions regarding the significance of working women.

References

External links

Brígida García Guzmán. El Colegio de México

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141026205743/http://codex.colmex.mx:8991/exlibris/aleph/a18_1/apache_media/5DHB3Q1FDK4IIQFEUIL91R9VRDCRFE.pdf Esposas, hijos e hijas en el mercado de trabajo de la Ciudad de México en 1995.]
cmacnoticias: Premian a Brígida García, investigadora del Colmex
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Guzman, Brigida 1947 births 2020 deaths Mexican sociologists Mexican women sociologists Academic staff of El Colegio de México Mexican feminists Dominican Republic emigrants to Mexico