"Pero no te dejan ser". Gender Dynamics and Leadership in Southern Peru
Keywords:
Gender equality, Power, Stereotyping, Decision makingAbstract
This article explores perceptions and voices of a group of women from southern Peru about gender equity in the fields of leadership and decision making in both public and private organizations. Through semi-structured interviews, documents analysis, and field notes, and under the post-structural feminist approach, our findings showed that despite the advances of women in public spaces, they still face a strong male-center system. Gender discrimination persists along with structural, institutional and cultural barriers that prevent their fully inclusion and participation. However, despite institutional and domestic barriers, these women construct their identities within an active patriarchal culture. Implications from this article are significant for the creation of gender sensitive policies and for the improvement of labor conditions in the public and private sectors.
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