Factores socioculturales que dificultan el empoderamiento de la mujer rural en el cantón Guachapala, provincia del Azuay

Abstract

The present research is aimed at fulfilling the established objective, to determine the socio-cultural factors that hinder the empowerment of rural women in Guachapala Canton, Province of Azuay; the population under study was 319 women from the different communities of the aforementioned canton. The methodology applied consisted of the mixed qualitative-quantitative method and the descriptive and bibliographic research, the technique utilized was the structured survey that allowed to obtain truthful information on the proposed topic. Subsequently, the corresponding analysis and interpretation of data were conducted, followed by the calculation of the Chi-square in which the alternative hypothesis is accepted and the null hypothesis is rejected, that is to say, a significant relationship between the socio-cultural factors and the empowerment of the rural woman of the Guachapala Canton is found, that is to say, the findings encountered in this research process indicate that in rural women there are still misconceptions that revolve around the macho culture and that a considerable percentage of this study group lives in situations of violence, leading to feelings of insecurity, lack of self-esteem and selfefficacy that do not allow them to identify their capabilities and skills, which is a trigger that hinders the process of women's empowerment in the short and long term. For this reason, a proposal called the “Training Plan for Rural Women in Guachapala Canton” was implemented, to guide rural women, promoting their empowerment, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and resilience, which are key to promoting the personal, political, economic, and social development of the female collective.