Fuentes de fortalecimiento comunitario.

Abstract

The sources of empowerment play a fundamental role in community development and psychosocial well-being, minimizing the possibility of major inconveniences when it comes to resolving conflicts or needs. The scope of this paper is the evaluation of the needs that arise within a social environment with the purpose of suggesting or recognizing the possible sources of empowerment that can be implemented by the members of a community or a community movement to meet those needs. In order to suggest optimal sources of strengthening, a bibliographic search was conducted based on current scientific articles of a descriptive type that contain examples of communities affected by specific needs. In this study, the causes of this need or problem were identified as the abuse of power, gender inequality and low self-esteem, from which the following sources of strengthening were proposed: personal autonomy through empowerment, gender equality and strengthening of self-esteem in women victims of violence.