Mujeres rurales emprendedoras, detonadoras de desarrollo económico: binomio colaboración - empoderamiento

Abstract

Rural women entrepreneurs is key factor in Mexican society that generates income to families. In Chiapas (Mexico), may not be excluded from the specific situation of rural women, which account for 50.4 per cent of the total of Mexican women (CEAMEG, 2014). The majority of this group, are in extreme poverty. In addition to live in communities that are rural, with inadequate infrastructure services, scarce health services or educational, and basic needs unmet in most households, they live dominated by the "macho" system of a rural culture, without recognition of their rights, or their work inside and outside the home. Why is this study which was carried out with a joint, qualitative and quantitative methodology. The collection of information used the following methodological instruments: implementation of a survey and a focus group semi structured to participants of the same target group (men, women and young people, all of them older than 18 years, fish sellers in the periphery of the public market Manuel Larrainzar). The result reflected that of the 17 people who market your product on this site, 15 are women, and only 2 men; of them, 10 are married (as), 3 single and 1 who lives in free union, 1 single mother, divorced 1 and 1 widow, as you can see the role of women in this commercial activity is predominant. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]