La autora desarrolla un análisis sobre la participación de la mujer cubana en proyectos de desarrollo rural, tomando como referencia diferentes épocas históricas del desarrollo cubano a partir del año 1959, momento del triunfo de la revolución de Fidel Castro. Expone a través de una experiencia en la zona de Holguín desde el 2003, los avances de las mujeres de esta zona dada su participación en un proyecto de desarrollo local con enfoque de género.
Dr.NievesZúñiga
Nieves Zúñiga is Land Portal’s Country Research and Engagement Consultant for Latin America. She has more than 15 years of experience as qualitative researcher on governance including fieldwork in Latin America and Africa. Nieves worked on land corruption, among other topics, for Transparency International Secretariat, and on anti-corruption policies during her post-doc at the University of Nottingham. She received her MA and PhD in Political Science from the University of Essex, in the UK. For many years she worked on indigenous rights and demands regarding land and recognition mainly in Latin America. Nieves has a background in journalism. Currently she works as a consultant for a variety of organisations and institutions.