The «Powers» involved in the process of autonomy of NATS girls

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to show —from a qualitative research carried out with the working children’s movement (NATS)— how the paradigm of child protagonism, perspective from which these organizations work, intervenes in the process of autonomy and empowering of NATS girls. From the analysis of the talks of ten working girls, three types of «power» have been identified, and these are executed in the core of the movement, contributing to their empowering and autonomy. They are «the power of words», «the power of organization» and «the power of tenderness». It is also the purpose of this paper to make visible the relationship between those «powers» and the claims for a number of rights which are infringed because of being women, girls and working.

Keywords

• protagonismo infantil
• infancia trabajadora
• organizaciones infantiles
• empoderamiento
• género
• perú