La equidad de género y la participación política de las mujeres en las comunidades de la zona baja de la Parroquia Quisapincha del Cantón Ambato de la Provincia de Tungurahua

Abstract

The current research work is an approach to strengthen gender equality in the social-political enviroment, that is to the formation of leaders who were in the capacity to take the lead within their communities, neighborhoods, parishes and why not, participate in popular vote elections in order to get the longed for sumak kausai (good living). With the purpose it is proposed to design a collective with gender equality to enhance the participation of men and women within the political and social sphere, but above all to make visible and motivate the participation of women, directed to an active intervention of them inside and outside their communities and in this way they can be organized as a collective to be trained, thus forming leadership that contribute to personal and collective development; they will also be able to analyze significant experiences of community participation and this is turn will be a key tool for those who wish to become involved as social or community leaders, or authorities of popular election for strengthening local development.