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Anthony, Brynn, "The Achievements, Obstacles and Future Prospects of One Organization of Women in a Rural Zone on the Gulf of Nicoya." Advisor: Ana Rosa Ruiz Fernández. Monmouth. 2005. 36pp. This investigation is an examination of the Association of Active and Progressive Women of Costa de Pájaros, located in the province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica, during the months of March and April 2005. The objective of this research study is to identify the opportunities that are available to women in a rural zone of Costa Rica, in addition to the obstacles they face when trying to develop a productive activity. The socioeconomic conditions of the rural zone, and in particular of rural women, are first considered, followed by a characterization of the surrounding environment, Costa de Pájaros, of the women's organization. Analysis is based on the observation of the daily work of the women in the organization, the home stay with a family of the community, and through interviews with community members, tourists and women of the organization. With this information, a collection of data about the creation, development and future expectations of this organization is provided. In addition to this information are conclusions and recommendations that may offer support not only to this organization, but also those entities that collaborate with this type of organization as well. Boynton, Molly Mee, "Do you take gallo pinto with our resumes, Señor Intel?" Adv. Ana Rosa Ruíz Fernández, ITCR. Oberlin College. 2006. A study of the obstacles women in computer science face due to gender discrimination, in the cases of students and graduates of el Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. Adv. Ana Rosa Ruiz Fernández. Oberlin. 2006. 38pp. Abstract. This study was conducted on the conditions women in computer science face through the months of March, April, and May on the main campus of the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC) en Cartago. The objective of the research was to understand the barriers and obstacles for women that enter into careers traditionally masculine so that effective strategies could be suggested for implementation that improve the conditions in which these women work, as well as providing more opportunities for them for greater equality in the workplace. To empathize with the lives of computer science students, four women and five men were interviewed; interviews with men were made to compare the lives of female and male students. The data collected was analyzed through the influence the social institutions of family, religion, formal education, and the media have on various trouble situations women encounter. Suggestions are made for how the school can provide support for these women in "masculine" majors and prevent those circumstances that undermine the goal of attaining equal opportunities for women. Brodie, Laura Jean, "A Study of the Dresses of the Indigenous Population of Guaymíes in Coto Brus." Adv. Floria Arrea. Ripon. 2003. This study focuses on the significance of the dresses used by the Guaymí people in southern Costa Rica. Through in-depth interviews with women in the community, the study will attempt to discern the significance that dressmaking, cloth colors and patterns have for the women or the community at large. Hetzel, Lisa, “Development, globalization and a rural Costa Rican women: A life story in Santa Elena, the center of the Santa Elena - Monteverde region.” Adv. Ilse Leitinger. Grinnell College. 1999. 65 pp. The Gender and Women's Studies program of the Instituto Monteverde, located in the Santa Elena-Monteverde region of Costa Rica, is conducting a ten-year oral history project in order to explore the relationship between women and rural development. The current study discusses how one elderly woman has both experienced and contributed to her region's development brought on by globalization, especially as tourism has exploded in the area. In the months of March and April of 1999, I completed a series of twelve semi-structured interviews in Spanish, and carefully transcribed them. This information formed the basis of the documenting of her life story, which depicts, in vivid detail, her struggles and accomplishments. These life histories will be compiled by the Instituto Monteverde in order to gain a better understanding of the drastic economic, cultural, and social changes that have taken place in the past few generations in this region. Jaros, Stephanie, "Solamente Las Valientes Terminan: An Exploration of the Changing Role of Rural Women in the Santa Elena-Monteverde Region in Northwest Costa Rica." Adv. Ilse Abshagen Leitinger. Grinnell. 1998. 35pp. In conjunction with the Monteverde Institute, I conducted autobiographical oral history research in La Cruz, Costa Rica during March/April. My advisor, the Institute Coordinator of the Gender/Women's Studies Program, is currently working on a ten-year project to document influences of globalization on the lives of rural women across generations in the region. I carried out open-ended interviews with a respondent selected by non-random convenience sampling and wrote detailed transcriptions. I used these transcriptions to develop the life history. These were coded to eventually be transferred into a data bank designed by the research team. This methodology I helped develop and the research I conducted provide a strong foundation for future students who choose to participate in this project. Moreover, I gave a rural woman a voice which will be heard and will contribute to a better understanding of the Costa Rican rural woman. Knudson, Rachel, “Women’s Changing Roles in the Midst of Rural Development and Globalization: Two Women’s Lives in the Santa Elena/Monteverde Region, Costa Rica.” Adv. Ilse Leitinger. Grinnell. 1999. 43pp. I studied during March and April in the Santa Elena/Monteverde region, specifically in the communities of Santa Elena and Cerro Plano. My project entailed recording the life stories of two women living in these towns. The purpose was two-fold: I wished to examine globalization and women’s contributions in this rural area through the experiences of these long-term residents’ lives, in addition to recording their life stories, essentially saving them from being lost with the passage of time. I conducted interviews with them, writing verbatim transcriptions reconstructing the interviews. From these transcriptions, I was able to record their personal stories and the dramatic changes they have witnessed, in their own lives and in the region in general, from their childhood in the sparsely populated mountains, through their adulthood as they raised their families, to now in their later years, when the region’s main industry is tourism. Paxton, Elizabeth, "How We Deal with Heartache. Beliefs and Actions in Christian and Secular Organizations that work with Sex Workers and Ex Sex Workers in San José, Costa Rica." Advisor: Ivelina Romagosa. Beloit College. 2004. 65pp. This is a comparative study that looks closely at the relationship between beliefs and actions of two organizations, one secular and one Christian, in San José, Costa Rica. La Sala works to help the community of women sex workers in the Zona Roja. Fundación Rahab is a Christian organization that works to reincorporate women who have decided to leave prostitution into society through a relationship with God. The main source of information was interviews with the directors / founders of each organization, although participant observation and informal interviews were also very important. I present the services offered, administrative structure, basic belief systems, efficiency of programs, and future goals of each organization. This research presents two organizations that work to help women in very different objectives. Polstein, Laura, "Life History of Xenia González." Adv. Ilse Leitinger. Grinnell. 2003. This study will place the life history of Xenia González, a woman of the Monteverde-Santa Elena region in historical, social, political and economic context by drawing on other written and oral sources. Swetye, Natalie, "‘Solamente se necesita tener paciencia: 'A Rural Woman´s Life In the Santa Elena-Monteverde Region Throughout a Half-Century of Changes.'" Colorado. Adv. Ilse Leitinger. 1998. 67pp. This project was the beginning of a long term project conducted by the Monteverde Institute in an effort to assess how the role of women in rural development is changing in the context of globalization. The regional focus of the project is the Santa Elena-Monteverde region. Three researchers and myself recorded the oral histories of elderly women in the towns of La Cruz and San Luis, two towns inside the milk shed of the Monteverde cheese factory. We hope that by acknowledging individual women´s life experience we not only empowered the individual women, but all rural women. Secondly, by recording elderly women´s life experiences we preserved the cultural heritage of the region for future generations. Individually, I recorded the oral history of one elderly woman, Doña Anatolia, in La Cruz through semi-structured interviews and visiting. Each interview is transcribed and coded for the purpose of a computer data bank which was created by the research team. The final result is the life story written using the words of Doña Anatolia, the woman who lived the experience. |
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