Mujeres y redes agroecológicas del sur de Ecuador

Abstract

This thesis examines women’s political participation and advocacy in agroecological peasant organizations through ethnographic work in Loja and some areas in the south of Ecuador. By using life stories, this research explores the impact and importance of women’s role within these organizations linked to two of the most active Agroecological Networks in the country. Therefore, this paper aim is to describe the daily life of women leaders around agroecological practices and the complexity of family farming regarding feminine perspective. Furthermore, this study argues about this women protagonist role in the struggle for production and reproduction of life in a context of a civilizational.