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This work shows the results derived from a project focused on improving the socioeconomic empowerment capacity of women in the rural community of Yugsiloma, Ecuador. It was conducted a case study of a biographical-narrative nature. The results show how a large number of barriers are derived from situations of violence, sociocultural expectations, contexts of insecurity and lack of support and infrastructure in the community, while as driving factors, the main productive role of women in the communities stands out, along with the existence of community and collaborative practices related to Andean culture. It concludes by highlighting the need to make the participants' “world of life” visible in order to include components ethnography, psychoeducation, community and sociocultural approaches in cooperation projects with pathways to socioeconomic empowerment of the participants in the community

Latin America; Woman; Qualitative analysis, Intervention; Social justice.

Serrano, B. F., Cabrera, L. Y., Hernández Maqueda, R., Ballesteros, I., & del Moral, F. (2020). Estudio de caso sobre el empoderamiento con mujeres en Ecuador: Elementos para una intervención socio-educativa [Case study on empowerment with women in Ecuador: Elements for a socio-educational intervention]. Revista Internacional de Educación para la Justicia Social, 9(2), 151-172.
https://doi.org/10.15366/riejs2020.9.2.008