Women in the World and in Daily Life: Realities, Approaches, Perspectives

This paper presents certain features of problems and situations closely linked to the risks of exclusion, vulnerability and violence present in the world of women. These were covered by final-year dissertations or projects undertaken by students of the Nuestra Señora del Camino [“Our Lady of the Way”] University School of Social Work during the period 1987 to 2013. These more than ninety pieces of work, deposited in the School's Library, cover a great range of circumstances, some positive, many adverse, relating to women from the Province of Leon. Their topics run from violence and abuse, through women's lack of visibility, problems women face, enduring prejudices, social support and sanctions, to hopes for equality, health, education and the like. They form a panorama in which the ever-present strands are a spirit of struggle and a need for a more decent life.