Empowerment of Rural Women as Managers of Sustainable Development Goals in Colombia's Post-conflict

Abstract

The Colombian rural woman is an agent of transformation since family stability depends on her. However, her enormous contribution has gone unnoticed, as she takes on an excessive burden of unpaid and unrecognized care activities, she is generally subject to greater inequalities and violence, and she is less appreciated than men in society. This paper aims to exalt the importance of empowering rural women as managers in the reconstruction of the social fabric in the countryside. Through a qualitative study, with in-depth interviews with five women from Boyacá, Caldas and Cundinamarca about the dimensions of women empowerment, we observed that the participants had a high level of autonomy in the decisions made regarding agricultural production, land use, home economics, health, household nutrition, and participation in local development. Results show the managerial importance of rural women in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals during post-conflict times.