Entre desafíos y oportunidades: el rol de las mujeres en la política de Villavicencio

Abstract

The purpose of this research article is to study the public policies of women in scenarios of political participation in elected office in the city of Villavicencio because over the years it has not been possible to visualize a significant participation of women in political environments, despite the fact that to date there are laws such as the Quota Law that seeks to generate equity and equality between men and women in this area.

Another important point to mention is the trajectory that women have had to go through to reach the point where they are today, and how over the years they have raised their voices and have managed to be heard, thus creating different acts, decrees, and laws in favor of a real and effective equality between men and women in the political field.

However, to date there are still stigmas in society especially in the political arena where citizens (voters) do not give women the opportunity to reach a position of popular election as happened in the territorial elections of 2019, This is due to the macho culture that is present in the eastern plains, which over the years has sought to mitigate, obtaining significant progress but not enough to generate a change in the city.