participación social de la mujer en el desarrollo comunitario del barrio 20 de enero de el guabo 2024

Abstract

This study focuses on the social participation of women in community development in the 20 de Enero neighbourhood of El Guabo during the year 2024, which is characterised by the limited integration of women in decision-making processes, the lack of promotion of inclusive spaces, the lack of awareness of their role in the community and the insufficient implementation of strategies to encourage their participation. Therefore, the general objective of the research determined the contribution of women's social participation in community development: articulately the specific objectives focused on Identifying the current level of women's social participation, in the same way tending to establish the socioeconomic and organizational impact and identifying the strategies implemented to promote general collaboration. The research was based on a mixed methodological approach, since quantitative and qualitative methods were used, which, with their respective techniques, contributed to obtaining the information necessary to answer the questions formulated at the beginning of the research and to verify the hypotheses proposed; likewise, the epistemological approach was empirical-inductive and hypothetical-deductive, which helped to evaluate the level of women's social and community participation. The results obtained from the empirical research, through the application of surveys and interviews, determined the existence of a low social participation of women in community development in the 20 de Enero neighborhood of El Guabo in 2024, which is related to multiple socio-cultural and economic factors, among them the lack of time due to domestic and work responsibilities, the limited representation of women in decision-making spaces and the persistence of gender stereotypes that devalue their role in community activities. With the results obtained, we proceeded to elaborate the work proposal called “Design and implementation of an Action Plan that promotes the participation of women in recreational, cultural and training activities”, which will be implemented in collaboration with the department of citizen participation of the cantonal GAD of El Guabo, through which we intend to carry out actions with creative strategies where women are the key players in different workshops. In this sense, there is an allocated budget that characterizes the feasibility of the project from a technical, economic, social and environmental dimension, therefore, the proposal aims to generate positive changes that improve the quality of social and community participation of women.