Internship on gender issues and empowerment with women and girls in Peru
- Peru
- Huancayo
About Program
Experience a complete internship immersion directly in Andean populations with groups of Andean women belonging to Andean immigrant families. These women are subject to various problems, not only due to their status as internal immigrants, but also due to the various socio-cultural and economic stigmas. of Peruvian society, because its language, culture and language are different from the dominant "western" culture in the cities.
Apart from the traditional typical sexist cultural forms, gender violence in their families and socio-cultural segregation, they have to face a difficult situation of economic insertion, there are many of these women who have to face various survival strategies in the city. to help the survival of their families, especially their young children.
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Program Highlights
- empowerment of Andean women
- Socio-cultural immersion in native communities of the Andes
- trips and excursions on weekends