Women are part of the governance of Cahuinarí NP, under the regulations that govern the community. They play an important role in the economic, educational and productive fields, and are relevant in the economic support of the family. They are in charge of managing the chagra (Chagra = Food = Life) where knowledge is transmitted to the younger generations. Children are taken to the chagra from a very early age and at around 5 or 6 years old they begin to participate in the cleaning and harvesting of the chagra.
Environmental education is also carried out by the women; it is a very interesting exercise in which they are the teachers and in order for their work to be successful, they receive help in the construction of training plans and the use of technological tools from the PNN team, which is in charge of providing training to improve their skills.
Currently, councils are beginning to be formed in which they have a very important role because they participate and have a say in the decisions that are being made with respect to territorial management and relationships.
However, although the "white woman" is perceived as a normal person who is allowed to break some rules such as mambear or place herself anywhere in the maloca (things that native women cannot do), when decisions must be made, she is considered one more woman who must comply with the rules of the women of the territory."My appreciation is that the indigenous people see or position the white woman in an intermediate point of the relationship and that the balance tips to one of the two sides if this woman assimilates her role and integrates herself to the processes of her gender".