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T1 Women’s human agency and self-determination in Guatemalan tourism development
A1 Usher, Lindsay
A1 Morais, Duarte B.
K1 Desarrollo turístico
K1 Agencia
K1 Perspectiva de género
K1 Guatemala
K1 Cuerpo de Paz
AB Tourism is often identified as a strategy to ameliorate the wellbeing of poor communitiesand their most vulnerable members – women and their children. Women’s ability to get involvedin and benefit from tourism is, however, conditioned by traditional gender roles and consequenteducation handicaps. Development programs often target women to mitigate these disparities. Thispaper examines whether an intervention by the Peace Corps resulted in improved human agencyand self-determination among indigenous Q’eqchi’ women in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. The paperreports the accomplishments and shortcomings of the intervention and elaborates on the practicaland theoretical implications of the findings.
PB Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales. Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife, España)
SN 1695-7121
YR 2010
FD 2010
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 18-abr-2024