Mujeres en el espacio público: inclusión en deportes de contacto físico, en la Federación Deportiva del Azuay 2016- 2018

Abstract

The present research project was carried out between November 2018 and February 2019, in the city of Cuenca specifically in the Sports Federation of Azuay. This research has shed light on how sports constitute a space where gender inequality is generated. Therefore, the thesis examines the evolution of women's participation in sports of physical contact such as judo, boxing and wrestling in the period 2016-2018, from a gender perspective, obtaining as a result that the female participation in these sports is minimal compared to male participation. The research found out that female participation is marginal due to several factors, among which stand out the violence and harassment towards women by the coaches and training partners, the inaccessibility to this sports area, the lack of support for women, the inefficiency in infrastructure and the unequal distribution of resources provided by the Sports Federation of Azuay that disadvantages female athletes. It has been concluded that although the Government is the guarantor of the right to sport as set out in the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador and the Law of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation, it has been demonstrated that the reality that athletes live daily in the performance of physical contact sports in the Sports Federation of Azuay is inconsistent with the theory.