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Manzanas del Cuidado de Bogotá

Colombia · Bogotá · See the Colombia profile

Desde octubre de 2020, las Manzanas del Cuidado de Bogotá ofrecen a cuidadoras no remuneradas —mayoritariamente mujeres— cuidado infantil gratuito, formación, bienestar y servicios jurídicos en un solo lugar, liberando más de 18.000 horas de cuidado y reduciendo la carga diaria medida de trabajo de cuidado no remunerado.

200,000+

Servicios prestados (Oct 2020-Sep 2022)

7,038

Cuidadoras formadas (2020-2022)

18,000+

Horas de cuidado liberadas (componente domiciliario)

-57%

Reducción de costo por participante (modelo híbrido)

233,000

Mujeres apoyadas (by 2023)

Details

Maturity: Scaling
Promoter: Secretaría Distrital de la Mujer, Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá
Period: 2020–present
Keywords: care economy, unpaid work, urban planning, women's wellbeing, social services

Context

La Secretaría Distrital de la Mujer de Bogotá abrió la primera Manzana del Cuidado en Ciudad Bolívar en octubre de 2020, en respuesta a datos que mostraban que alrededor de 1,2 millones de mujeres de la ciudad dedican 10 o más horas diarias al trabajo de cuidado no remunerado. Cada Manzana del Cuidado agrupa guardería, formación laboral, asesoría jurídica, apoyo psicosocial, actividad física y servicios de lavandería a menos de 20 minutos a pie, complementados con Buses del Cuidado móviles y rutas de atención a domicilio.

Results

Hasta septiembre de 2022, la red de 11 manzanas y 2 buses había prestado más de 200.000 servicios, formado a 7.038 cuidadoras y llegado a 2.134 hogares a domicilio; en 2023 había crecido a 20 equipamientos y 233.000 mujeres apoyadas, con la meta de 45 manzanas para 2035. Una evaluación de ciencia ciudadana de dos años, revisada por pares, halló que el componente domiciliario liberó más de 18.000 horas de cuidado y redujo el trabajo de cuidado diario no remunerado en más de una hora, mientras que un modelo híbrido de menor costo redujo los costos por participante en un 57% sin disminuir las mejoras en salud mental. El programa ganó el Global Mayors Challenge 2021 de Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-07-05
Secretaría Distrital de la Mujer, Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá — accessed 2026-07-05
OECD OPSI — Bogotá Care Blocks — accessed 2026-07-05
PMC — Urban Care for Unpaid Caregivers: Community Voices in the Care Block Program, Bogotá — accessed 2026-07-05
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy — In Bogotá, Gender Equity Is All Part of the Plan — accessed 2026-07-05

Attachments

Quality score: 100/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Observational / pre–post

Top 1% in this catalogue (719 scored practices)

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Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Transferability / replicability3/3

Recognised by the OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation and studied by other Latin American cities as a replicable municipal-scale model; won the 2021 Bloomberg Global Mayors Challenge for its transferability potential.

Impact on gender equality1/1

Targets a documented gap of 1.2 million women in Bogotá doing 10+ hours/day of unpaid care, with a peer-reviewed evaluation directly measuring reduced daily unpaid-care hours.

Effectiveness1/1

The independent two-year evaluation found over 18,000 caregiving hours freed and a >1 hour/day reduction in unpaid care work, a direct measured effect on the target problem.

Evaluated outcomes1/1

Findings published in a PMC-indexed peer-reviewed article using entry/exit surveys and a citizen-science methodology, distinct from the city government's own service-count reporting.

Efficiency1/1

A hybrid at-home/in-block model cut per-participant costs by 57% while preserving mental-health benefits, per the same peer-reviewed evaluation.

Sustainability1/1

Expanded from 1 site (2020) to 20 (2023) with a published roadmap to 45 by 2035 and integration into Bogotá's Master Plan, indicating institutionalisation beyond one mayoral term.

Achievement / evidence1/1

233,000 women supported by 2023 and over 200,000 discrete services delivered by September 2022 are concrete, independently reported milestones.

Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

Created and run by the city's Secretaría Distrital de la Mujer specifically to redistribute care work recognised as a gendered burden, with cultural-change workshops targeting norms directly.

Curator validation1/1

Figures cross-checked between the OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation's case profile and an independent PMC-indexed peer-reviewed evaluation, which converge on service counts and measured hour reductions.

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