Experiencias respecto al triple rol de las mujeres de las ferias de la Parroquia Tarqui, en Cuenca, Ecuador, en el periodo 2023-2024

Abstract

The sexual division of labor, the essence of women's subordination, causes an imbalance and asymmetry of power. In the present investigation three dimensions are proposed: productive with an exchange value; the reproductive associated with care activities; the community that has the function of development within the parish of Tarqui.The general objective of the research is to analyze the experiences regarding the triple role of the women of the Tarqui fair, in Cuenca, Ecuador, in the period 2023 -2024. The approach of the study was qualitative descriptive, non-probabilistic convenience sampling. The findings obtained through the research allowed us to identify the activities carried out by women traders in the Tarqui fair in the productive, reproductive and community areas and how it affects the use of time of this population, as it allowed us to analyze the productive role developed by women agro producers and identify the main cause which is the need to generate extra income for their families, being the ones who work and produce the land, they also depend on climatic changes that affect their products which leads them to seek another way to generate in come with in the fair.