The theory of change a strategy for social transformation: Case study of women from rural communities of Langue, Valle, Honduras

Abstract

Possibilities that arise with social change, are reproduced in an adjacent manner, with the necessity to find scena1rios that make life possible in a dignified way. Specially, in vulnerable communities; in situations of high risk and objective and subjective conditions, which are produced by adversities and contradictions in contexts. There are many academic efforts, to generalize and/or systematize the experiences, through theoretical and methodological frameworks, which emerge from the conceptions con2tained on the investigation paradigms, which are set on the purpose of understanding and comprehending reality. The objective of this article is to briefly expose the Theory of Change, as an alternative way of thinking, but at the same time as a praxis to establish transformations. The content of this proposal is developed from an analysis of the dimensions of social change, through transformation scenarios that led women of rural communities Langue, Valle, Honduras, to achieve autonomy and management. Achieving a better world is again an utopia, but it is also an assumption that, through social transformations, revolts reality so that a possible, inclusive world is born, with equi3ty and new social relationships; in a socio-historical mo4ment, where the current development model, is putting the sustainability of life at risk.