O empoderamento feminino em uma cooperativa: desafios e potencialidades

Abstract

The present research aims to analyze the perspectives related to female empowerment in a Cooperative, were studied seven women managers of this organization, being these chosen by criteria informed in the study. The methodology of this study is anchored to qualitative research, as well as its purposes as descriptive and in relation to means such as bibliography and field research. For the data collection, interviews were carried out regarding the results, it was possible to identify that the female managers of the Cooperative have characteristics such as, women who are constantly learning for their best qualification, seeking to be prepared for the opportunities, able to visualize and understand the emotional side of the people and still have the facility to adapt to the imposed changes, among others. Regarding the challenges they face, one of them is the reconciliation of family life with professional career, gender discrimination even though in a veiled and disguised way in playful tones. Based on the interviews Cooperativa presents challenges and potentialities regarding female empowerment, but there is still much to improve, one of them are the ways of achieving professional growth for women achieving decision-making power in the organization that has the potential to achieve with the same merits as men. Without neglecting the issue of being a mother, wife, they are often used as a filter of obstacles to professional growth.