Sistematización de la experiencia del Proyecto de Asesoría Familiar: “Fortalecimiento de la comunicación y del ejercicio de la autoridad en dos familias monomarentales en las ciudades de Buenaventura y Yopal, 2019”

Abstract

The monomarental families are considered a growing familial typology in our society, therefore, to systematize the experience around the families who participated in the family counseling project from Buenaventura and Yopal, opens possibilities in the comprehension of the strengthening of communication and the use of authority from the methodologies of the Epistemological model of the General Theory of Systems, Cybernetics of the second order, the Ecological model, and, from a theoretical standpoint, the Theory of Communication and the Christian faith. The research gives an account of the historical journey in regard to the concepts of single parenthood/monomarentality, as well as the vulnerabilities and the gender based violence-GBV-, which marentality conveys anchored in the social conception of the patriarchal hegemonic culture, from the traditional roles of gender, in social, economic and cultural contexts through the guidelines of the Participatory Action Research -PAR- wherein the voices of the participating families help to understand the subjectivities of the mothers who, reproduced through their marental relations, interrelate themselves with all the familial system. Among the findings of the family counseling process, the monomarental families started a transformation in their communication processes, making evident difficulties to express their feelings, moving on to recognize the importance and need to begin showing demonstrations of affection, love and care. Among other findings, regarding the use of authority, which was exerted unilaterally, they moved on to greater possibilities for the mothers to include their children’s voices in the decision making.

Keywords: Monomarentality, Communication, Authority, GBV and Christian Faith