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Empoderamento e liderança feminina; seu papel na autogestão comunitária no corregimento "El Hormiguero" - Valle del Cauca

2013; Our Lady of the Rosary University; Volume: 32; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

2145-4515

María Isabel, Erazo Caicedo, María del Cármen, Jiménez Ruíz, Carmelina López Morales,

International Relations and Autism

This article reveals the role of women’s empowerment, and as is allows their essential role in the economic, social and environmental becoming in a transformational leadership that allows their voices heard. Arises as a result of the research project called “Community SelfManagement Psychosocial Development of Hormiguero Township of the municipality of Santiago de Cali (Valle del Cauca) prepared by a group of professors of psychology program at the University Antonio Narino-Cali, who are part of a research group. The results show that in recent decades women have gained important. The discourse of these women Afro-old elderly, is steeped in lore combines both, as a collective knowledge, situated in everyday experiences, and as a tool to facilitate the participation and strengthening of identity.