Voices and Agencies in Andean Rural Young Women's Education

Andean rural young women constantly face numerous socio-cultural and educational obstacles, including a curriculum that does not apply to their needs, unprepared teachers with low expectations for their future, an educational environment that silences their voices, and a history of domestic violence and poverty. Voice and Agency in Andean Rural Young Women's Education demonstrates that in spite of this oppressive environment, they are firmly determined to search for a different future in order to become active agents, instead of living in the patriarchal cycle that their mothers and female relatives endured. This book shows that such determination is coupled with demonstrated hard work and commitment. The willingness to search for a different future is propelled by a socialization network created at school, in which young women influenced each other by sharing stories of their urban and working experiences and proving each other with mutual support.