A collective path of rural women towards development: the Association of Rural Women of Uruguay (ARWU)
Abstract
In this paper the experience developed by the Association of Rural
Women of Uruguay (ARWU) from its foundation in 1994 up to
2004 is examined. The analysis intends to serve a dual purpose:
as a base for reflection of the Association and as a starting point
for other organizations to design models of social intervention
and associative tools. Information was obtained from interviews
with leaders and with the technical team of the Association; from
the revision of institutional documents; syntheses of workshops
and meetings; personal observations and opinions gathered in
meetings and personal interviews maintained throughout 2004.
The analysis of the ARWU trajectory allowed to identify four
thematic axes in the evolution of the organization: 1) from the
initial grouping to the individual and collective empowerment; 2)
from the construction of women's autonomy to a more global
gender perspective; 3) from a role within the family to a position
in the public arena; 4) from local knowledge and traditional
production to a collective project of integral quality and
professionalization. In addition, three areas in which the ARWU
will have to focus in the next future were identified: 1) institutional;
2) commercial and productive; and (3) social.
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