Our Forests

The Centre supports women’s constitutional and customary rights to forests and natural resources. We are currently working on strengthening women's leadership in the process of making collective and individual claims under the Forest Rights Act in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh and are working with partner NGO’s in other states of India for advocacy and lobbying on forest rights of women.

Our Programmes:

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• Adivasi Women’s individual and collective rights under the Forest Rights Act

• Promoting Ecological Knowledge and Biodiversity Conservation by Women

• Forest based livelihoods and Skills