Sustainable Development and the Transformation of Female Rural Labor:
the Case of Women Cattle Ranchers in Uruguay
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v5n2.2014.10714Keywords:
Desarrollo rural sostenible, Mujeres, Políticas públicasAbstract
Although rural woman are usually considered key to sustainable development at the international
level, their work in cattle-raising continues to be under-recognized by most policymakers from
Uruguay. This fact has forced many young women to migrate towards urban areas, leading to
the “masculinization” of Uruguayan cattle-raising. National statistics tend to ignore unpaid
activities performed by rural women ”“ which they consider as “non-productive”-, as well as
women’s evolving role in cattle-raising. By using semi-structured interviews and participant
observation, this work analyzed: i) the organization of work of women in family farms devoted to
beef and milk production Uruguay, including the role of chiefs, co-chiefs and passive observers,
ii) their decision-making processes, and iii) their personal insights about cattle-raising. Five factors
were identified as key to their work profiles: family relations, socio-economic status, size of the
productive unit, presence of permanent employees, and formal land and/or cattle tenure.
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