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This article characterizes the mobility patterns of women and men residing in the first ring of rural development of Cuenca, Ecuador. It focuses on those who engage in economic, educational, and care tasks. Using data from a representative survey applied in the study area, the destinations, modes of transportation, travel times, and other variables associated with their daily trips are described. The results show that the mobility of all groups is characterized by trips to the urban area. However, women who perform paid work and care tasks use public transport more and invest more time in their travels. The article concludes by emphasizing the importance of gender roles, occupational ties, and public transportation in rural mobility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research analyzes the sexual division of labor in family production units (UPF) in the Cooperativa de Mulheres Agricultoras e Artesãs de São Ludgero/SC (Cooperação). The research used a qualitative approach and conducted semi-structured interviews with six members. As a result, it was found that, in the UPF where the Cooperação is the main source of income, women tend to exercise less autonomy in administrative and resource management activities; and, in the UPF which have a secondary source of income in the Cooperação, men tend not to be involved in the unit's activities, but they also exert less power over the allocation of resources. In both situations, the existence of an unequal division of domestic and care activities in the UPF is concluded, revealing aspects of the sexual division of work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the relations of power, of knowledge and of being that, since colonialism, have constituted hierarchies around gender classifications. Our culture labels as non-civilized and non-human those who do not fit the hegemonic model; this label is used to understand the role of women in rural contexts. In rural areas, modern women seek to break with established relations of power, seeking greater independence and access to public leadership. Given these questions, it is worth asking: what are the factors that empower rural women? It is observed that education and non-agricultural income alternatives make it possible to break their invisibility in rural establishments. For the construction of the analysis, the statistical data are presented from a sample of 95 cases of the rural population of Itapejara d'Oeste / PR. The initial survey was carried out in 2005 and later updated in 2010 and 2015. Econometric tools, based on the limited dependent variable model (LDVM) were used. The results indicated the occurrence of a greater emigration of women related to higher education, as well as a decrease of this emigration when women started to have greater access to non-agricultural income in rural areas. Both forms of access to public space have given rural women greater independence and probably helped to break out of their invisibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The presence of studies that portray rural women who escape social expectations, question the reproduction of gender relations in rural communities and deny the submissive roles that women of previous generations played as a result of marriage is still incipient within the Social Sciences' literature. Thus, the present article aimed to investigate rural women's life histories by analysing them through the sociological categories of deviation and stigma, intending, as a result, to show these women´s different forms of existence and resistance to patriarchal values. Ten single rural women, over 40 years old, from four states in the Northeast region were interviewed. We identified the recurrent use of pejorative terms to refer to single women. We also observed that despite the remaining presence of a conservative lifestyle in rural areas, the women interviewed were able to resignify their condition, exalting their freedom and showing satisfaction for not building a family that fits the hegemonic mold. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: this article is a Background Review that derives from an investigation and intervention with rural women in support of associative groups in the department of Nariño. It is, then, to analyze various experiences of rural women in Colombia about resistance practices that involve principles of government of the commons and that these associations are presented as resistance strategies for the claim of the identity of the rural women and their political positioning in the deconstruction of economic inequality and structural violence. Methodology: documentary review was applied in the main databases such as Ebosh, Proquest and Redylac, in order to collect updated information on the object of study, with quality criteria. Results: it was possible to synthesize three sections based on the material that was collected: 1) challenges of the peasants in the framework of the Havana agreements, 2) the associations of women farmers, 3) the ethical and political project of Social Work. Conclusions: it is concluded that, although the proposals had economic or memory senses, it is always necessary to have an integrative approach that puts the economic and the political perspective in a gender perspective in conversation with the cultural. From there, the reflexive praxis of the social worker must influence the construction of these associations in order to position women, especially in rural contexts still affected by violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research paper aims to reflect on public policies for rural women in the political, media and legal context during the political coup that Brazil has been going through since 2016. To this purpose, the critical currents of feminism and gender relations are retransmitted, covering part of the Directorate of Policies for Rural Women (DPMR) experience at the former Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA), describing the concerns and approaches adopted in the process of elaborating public policies for gender equality in the rural context. Against the political and institutional coup in the background, policies for women, especially rural women, lose ground in the new platform of government, marked by the resumption of a neoliberal agenda in which the role of women is seen as secondary to the society and the economy. To demonstrate this, the text retrieves news from newspapers (online), through the sites they were posted, presenting the discourses and narratives that reinforce gender stereotypes. The findings indicate the need for new forms of resistance and resilience, in view of what happens at academy, alternative media, training and mobilization meetings, and especially in the different agroecology spaces. Furthermore, the text reaffirms the importance of the debate on equality between men and women. Human, sexual and reproductive rights are, more than ever, a banner for the affirmation of life and equality. Demonstrations contrary to different forms of violence against women are the key to the feeling of impunity and condescension. Ubuntu, an African expression, was recovered in the sense of affirming our alterity in relation to the other: I am because we are; almost a mantra for those times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aimed to identify the role of women in the development of Citizenship Territories of Jalapão. The methodology is qualitative and divided into two parts: the first aimed at identifying the role of women through existing literature, the second part was performed through semistructured interviews directed at various players in each county that make up the territory. Overall, both the literature and interviews show that the role of Jalapão women in the course of recent years has been redesigned. Before they were involved primarily with typical household tasks but now they have begun to play a more active role in boosting the economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aimed to identify the role of women in the development of Citizenship Territories of Jalapão. The methodology is qualitative and divided into two parts: the first aimed at identifying the role of women through existing literature, the second part was performed through semistructured interviews directed at various players in each county that make up the territory. Overall, both the literature and interviews show that the role of Jalapão women in the course of recent years has been redesigned. Before they were involved primarily with typical household tasks but now they have begun to play a more active role in boosting the economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rural women have been organized since the 1980s in the struggle for recognition and appreciation of their work. However, even with the guarantee of some rights, participation and the strive for the identity of a rural worker, women often face the judgment of others based on gender patterns. This article aims to expose the perceptions of rural women - political leaders, regarding the judgments of family members and other members of the community about their way of life, since such women have a way of life that is organized around the domestic and family responsibilities, agricultural production and political participation - which requires constant mobility beyond the rural community. In addition, we highlight the changes in the lives of women from opportunities gained through political participation and participation in women’s groups. To carry out the research, semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten rural women from two municipalities in the countryside of Pernambuco. However, it has been realized that political participation is established beyond the public sphere, impacting women’s private lives, providing a means of breaking the barriers of invisibility, subalternity and inferiority afforded by male domination. Political participation in the lives of rural women materializes as a path which points to the questioning of gender relations, altering the family daily life and the current community values of rural areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of rural women in the organization and creation of collective participation spaces, not only as a way of earning a living that may improve the living conditions of small family farmers but also as a way of resisting the territorial expulsion and the loss of their socio - cultural identity. To achieve this purpose, the paper analyzes a case study: The Steppe Crafts Market, an example of Supportive and Social Economy, which is located in the Pilcaniyeu Department, province of Rio Negro. The analysis is based on the life-storytelling technique, starting from a thorough interview of one rural craftswoman. The results allow for understanding the way in which women create a working space and a income source that tend to the social reproduction of the household unit, combining production and reproduction and, at the same time, increasing self - esteem, the re-appraisal of their own culture and ancestral knowledge, the motivation for training in the craftsmanship art, in issues related to social and family economy, and in communal participation, among others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For many women living in rural Australia the location of both leisure and work is the family farm, a location that defines their identity as a ‘women of the land’. This paper investigates the impact of geographical location in shaping the leisure activities of rural women living in the Yass Valley Region of Australia. Using an interpretive research perspective and a process of narrative inquiry, data for the study were obtained from women born between 1946 and 1964 through open-ended, in-depth interviews. A thematic analysis of the data revealed that for these women the specific geographical location had a strong impact on the types of leisure activities available in which they were able to participate. The findings from this study suggest that for older women in rural Australia, the specific geographical location can facilitate or inhibit the degree of involvement in community leisure activities that engender social capital among older women living in these locations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]