Gender roles, rural women head of household.

Abstract

Contemporary rural women play multiple roles in the society where it operates, but these are more complex in an important
sector of women referred to as single mothers who rightful balance and rationalize their individual roles of mother and professional. These
emerging social groups are derived from the appearance in recent decades of the twentieth century, the maternity homes subsidiaries by
family disintegration, single mothers or temporary or permanent absence of the father. Purpose of this paper is to make a description and
reflection on how rural women play these delicate responsibilities within a rural context immersed in new ruralities and globalization.