La Educación Informal y el Empoderamiento de Mujeres Víctimas de Violencia Sociopolítica

Abstract

This paper seeks to understand the informal educational process lived and narrated by four women from the group ”Semillas”, from the neighborhood of Los Comuneros of Cucuta city, who have been “victims of sociopolitical violence.” These women are a living proof of how the informal educational processes enable the empowerment and restoration of rights amongst women. This paper is written with a socio-critical methodology, proper to the social and educational research, of a qualitative type. A content analysis was conducted in order to find out the nature of speech, confirming the recognition and projection that has allowed them the participation in governmental and non-formal education programs.