Inequalities in the Uruguayan Countryside: Some Reflections with a Gender Perspective

Abstract

This article introduces some theoretical reflections about gender and stratification in the Uruguayan countryside. It tries to focus on the overlap and intersection between gender and social classes inequalities. It also shows some data collected from the Continuous Household Survey (*) and the Official National Census that took placed in 2011. The purpose is to analyze the current gender inequalities at the rural areas. We can find many differences coming from distinct origins: social classes, gender, generations, culture, religion, ethnicity, race, and others. Differences are not something negative by themselves if they enrich cultural diversity. However, the big issue starts when some groups dominates anothers. Our concerns are not differences but inequities: the challenges that some social groups: women, for example, have to deal with to achieve equal opportunities and resources.