Indigenous woman in the natural resource’s administration in France Sirpi Community

Abstract

The study has dealt with the indigenous women participation in the administration of natural resources in France Sirpi community. It describes the spaces and roles, identifies factors that limit and enable their participation within the organizational and decision-making systems, as well as assessing their perception of participation in the natural resources administration. The study was qualitative and quantitative. It describes situations, interactions, attitudes and observable behaviors; it details verifiable statistical data. The techniques applied were interviews, participant observation, focus groups, survey and documentary review. It was found that the indigenous women from the France Sirpi community, despite being involved in activities within the community, have limitations not only in the understanding of the term, but in the internalization of it, for the exercise of their rights. Sociocultural factors and lifestyle influence the access to models and organizational systems for the exercise of law for decision making and the natural resources administration where the participation of indigenous women has been limited only to the use and access to natural resources. The study provides awareness to sociology students and related careers, indigenous women, communal, territorial, municipal and regional authorities, on the importance of women’s participation in spaces for decision making and promote strategies according to the context and with the reality that the indigenous women of the region meet.