Índice de empoderamiento femenino en la agricultura en el Cantón Cotacachi

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Abstract: The purpose of this study was to calculate the Female Empowerment Index in the agriculture of the Cotacachi canton. For this purpose, the pro-WEAI survey developed was applied by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IPFRI). The pro-WEAI methodology is composed of two subindices: one measures the three domains of empowerment (3DE) for women and the other measures gender parity in empowerment within the home is Gender Parity Index (GPI), the index consists of 10 indicators. HE Information was collected in 384 homes corresponding to the 9 parishes of the Cotacachi canton. In the identification of households, in 80.37% of the households it was possible to interview both spouses, while in 19.63% to a single member of the family. From the identification The male head of household in seven parishes predominates. There are three indicators with poor performance: Income Autonomy with 0.189%, Self-efficacy with 0.033% and Control over income with 0.318%. The rate of disempowerment in the study area It is 64% for women and 18% for men. For the Cotacachi canton the index of empowerment is 0.68%, which means that 0.32% of women are in a position of disempowerment. The GPI that analyzes the level of women's empowerment Compared to that of their male peers, it only reaches 3%.