Climate Women in Rural Settings: From Historical Roles to Modern Resilience Strategies

This study explores the concept of the woman climate as both an archetype and an analytical category, highlighting women's leadership in climate change adaptation and integrating vulnerability and transformative agency. Using a mixed methodology, it combines a systematic literature review with the development of the Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity Index (VACI), which was applied to a case study in Puerto Ayacucho. Puerto Ayacucho, for which secondary data from CEPALSTAT revealed a high level of vulnerability (VACI = 0.73) due to poverty (60%) and dependence on natural resources (70%). A literature review was conducted to identify the historical and contemporary roles of women, while the data analysis employed min-max normalisation and Pearson correlations (e.g., r = -0.56 between vulnerability and adaptive capacity), as well as triangulation of sources, to validate the findings. The results emphasise the need for inclusive policies that strengthen women's resilience by connecting theory and practice through the VACI.