Women in French Guiana are women living in or are from
French Guiana
French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. ...
. Some of these women are from the
Maroon society of French Guiana. Although matrilineal in nature, some Maroon women in French Guiana once acted only as assistants or ''basia'' to the ''kabiten'' or male leader. A common job for the Maroon women in French Guiana include cleaning work in coastal areas, particularly in the markets of Saint-Laurent and Cayenne to earn income that would support their children.
Other women from French Guiana also come from other ethnic groups such as the
Kali'na, the
Oyaricoulet, and the
Wayana
The Wayana (alternate names: Ajana, Uaiana, Alucuyana, Guaque, Ojana, Oyana, Orcocoyana, Pirixi, Urukuena, Waiano etc.) are a Carib-speaking people located in the southeastern part of the Guiana highlands, a region divided between Brazil, Suri ...
peoples.
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