The empowerment of women in social struggles for the right to live in the city. CODECO case

Abstract

This research describes the empowerment of women in social struggles for the right to live in the City, identify the participation of women in community organization and identify leadership practices and experiences in the organization. As a research technique, an in-depth interview with a leader of the organization was used from a guide of open questions in order to respond to the objectives of the research. The data collection was carried out from the visit made to the organization as part of the Professorship Approach II, Women's Area, of the Social Work career. For its construction, concepts such as the mobilizations, participation and struggles of women for the rights to housing, a better quality of life and the demands of the organized women of the northern bathed from CODECO over their territories were worked on. As a result, it is observed the social inequalities that exist, how the empowerment of women in these social struggles occurs and is characterized, the active participation of women organized for the fulfillment of rights and improvement of the quality of life of the population.