Female leadership in rural areas: a social innovation review

DOI

10.2991/icsbal-19.2019.5How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gender studies, leadership, rural development, female leadership

Abstract

This paper aims to study the active role of women in initiatives that favour the socioeconomic development in rural area. It identifies ventures and different economic dynamics led by women that have prospered worldwide, beyond the support to the family and the reproductive sphere. It focuses on the dynamics that can respond to different needs within a framework of social innovation and are related, for example, to farmer markets, small-scale economy, civil society organizations, community management, and small and medium enterprises that respond to rural community needs. It is noteworthy that women lead in a democratic way and based on concepts such as cooperation and partnership. In this sense, the paper reviews the main theoretical postulates and experiences led by rural women regarding socio-economic development, then it intends to establish relations of these with social innovation. The results demonstrate that entrepreneurship related to tourism was identified as the main activity led by rural women, with relevance for the conservation of traditions and culture. This can be considered social innovation, representing an opportunity to create social value, as well as being an economic support for their families, generating development of local economies. In this sense, rural women can be recognized as leaders, agents of change and entrepreneurs in their communities.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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