Rural indigenous women in Bolivia: A development proposal based on cooperativism

Current economic and social conditions in rural Bolivia have relegated some women to a secondary role. The values and principles of the cooperative movement are presented in this paper as an alternative to deal with gender inequality both in family and community contexts. A participatory and comprehensive development proposal based on cooperativism has been designed to cope with problems of structural discrimination. This proposal is an innovative adaptation of traditional strategy maps, introducing cooperative values in order to interconnect and enable the achievement of the varied objectives planned in favor of Bolivian rural indigenous women living in a disadvantaged situation.