Percepciones de mujeres sobrevivientes de violencia, acerca de satisfactores que contribuyen en su proceso de recuperación, dentro del sistema ecoamigable, Casa María Amor. Cuenca. 2014

Abstract

This research aims to identify the perceptions of women survivors of violence, about satisfiers that contribute to their recovery process within the eco-friendly system, Casa María Amor 2014. This is a qualitative study that has been done through nine semi-structured interviews or focus group, two days of participant observation and documents review; to identify the perceptions of women which are survivors of violence about the refugee and support in Casa María Amor and also their perceptions about the synergistic satisfiers: self-esteem, autonomy, solidarity and critical consciousness developed in an eco-friendly system and to contribute to the process of recovery. The ecosystemic approach including a gender perspective and interdisciplinary as well as theories of ecofeminism and Necesidades Humanas Esenciales were a guide for this study. As a result of the investigation, it is found that perceptions of women survivors of violence in Casa María Amor realize that the refugee and support received promote the development of synergistic satisfiers: self-esteem, critical consciousness, autonomy and solidarity; thus contributing to their recovery process towards meeting their basic human needs. The ecological model and eco-friendly system of Casa María Amor in Cuenca, it makes of this a unique experience to be systematized, it can also work as a model for other shelters with similar objectives, and thus amplify its contribution to women seeking alternatives to support gender violence