Enhancing the Role of Indigenous Women in Sustainable ...

STORIES FROM THE FIELD – Development of the Puno-Cusco Corridor Project (Peru)
“Today the participation of women has grown. Now, there is more equality in gender relations; before, women did not have the opportunity
to take part in decision-making processes at community or village level, while now, thanks to the training that we are receiving, we are
experiencing more equality. The project is supporting women, I noticed that there is already equal participation between women and men;
before men did not take women into account, we were unemployed and we had to be subject to men’s economy. Now, through the support
of the Corridor project, I don’t have to ask money to my husband to buy the bus ticket to Acora, anymore.” (Alicia Huanaccuni de Poma,
President of the Association of Jung Producers of Acora)
Source: Reportes del Corredor, Number 10, Sept-October 2003
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