The Empowerment of Indigenous Women as a Factor in the Socio-Productive Development of a Rural Community
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2021-12Author
Izquierdo Cujar, Yeimy Alejandra
Vidal Tovar, Carlos RamÒn
Gordon Hernández, Yimy
Angulo Blanquicett, Giovanna Elvira
Fragoso Castilla, Pedro José
Gutiérrez De Piñeres Rocha, Carlos Alberto
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This article discusses the point of view of women's empowerment and its impact on public policy. Also mentions the importance of the role of indigenous women in rural and captures the scenario in the municipality of Pueblo Bello, Cesar, where the indigenous community Jewrwa. For the above, research is developed from the application of the emerging paradigm, for which a dialectical synthesis is assumed through the use of qualitative and quantitative methods in a complementary way. It is developed in three phases: the first consists of field visits to interview 5 groups of indigenous women located in the rural area of “Pueblo Bello” – Colombia. In addition, 5 indigenous women from the same region, successful in their professional lives, are interviewed. The second phase consists of the search and systematization of documents from multiple sources of information consulted in the year 2020 in search engines such as: Scielo, Dialnet and Google Scholar, and the third phase is a comparative analysis of the sources of information mentioned above. Data analysis was carried out by structuring thematic categories related to the empowerment of rural indigenous women. Empowerment from the intuitive perspective to drive positive changes in the situations they live, and even the political organization to transform those relationships. Hence, in order to promote processes of empowerment, it is necessary to work on the construction of the autonomy of rural indigenous women. Traditionally, indigenous women are in charge of the care work, learned by inheritance and pre-established social constructs, leaving themselves in the last place, at the service of others.