%0 Journal Article %T Mujer, barrio y sociedad. fragmentos de pr¨¢cticas y discursos socioculturales en torno a la mujer en el barrio %A Ontiveros %A Teresa %J Revista Venezolana de Estudios de la Mujer %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this article is made up for a compilation of anecdotes and lived experiences along the realisation of inquires brought about at some slums in the country, depicting such works the predominance of woman£¿s role as a leadership figure; a kind of disguised leadership in certain community situations wherein the will and cleverness are required to solve them. we give also an analysis and vindication of woman£¿s role both in the context of home and as a public figure within the own slum. %K leaders %K slum %K occupation %K home %K inequality. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1316-37012008000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en