Empowerment processes in management and self-management in two rural communities

Abstract

Objective: To make visible the empowerment in management and self-management that rural women can achieve.

Design/methodology/approach: Two workshops were held with the participation of 77 people from the Tepexilotla and Carrizal communities; to identify the skills and abilities that provide rural women with a better quality of life, greater personal and collective power.

Results: Greater empowerment was found in the community of Tepexilotla unlike in Carrizal, because, in Tepexilotla they were trained by educational institutions while in Carrizal they did not.

Limitations on study/implications: Machismo, as a part of the patriarch, limits the participation and assistance of women in training workshops.

Findings/conclusions: Capabilities, strategies, and protagonism are factors that fosters greater empowerment in rural women, promoting their participation in management and self-management.