El estereotipo de la imagen de la mujer dentro de la Fuerzas Armadas del Ecuador

Abstract

This article intends to analyze the stereotype of the image of women within the Armed Forces of Ecuador. For this, it is considered to examine the problem from the experience of actors that are part of military life from the Ecuadorian army. It also takes as a reference several steps that have been carried out in the implementation of the Gender Equality Policy of the Armed Forces, to visualize an issue that continues to call for reflection and social debate. At the same time, it makes a review of other investigations that have occurred in the country and the region. With the support of theoretical approaches of reference on the subject, the problem is also approached from the perspective of two military interviewed. With the approaches obtained through structured interviews, the image of women in the Armed Forces can be further reviewed.