Parvati, Pooja

Historically, usage of and access to forest resources by India’s Adivasi community and other forest dwellers have been considered encroachment and their efforts to acquire forest land have been used as evidence of their anti-development attitude. Government policy has continued to deny them legal rights to use, manage and conserve forest resources and to hold […]

Oxfam India is part of a global movement working to fight poverty, injustice and inequality. In India, it works in seven states. Oxfam India believes that the right to education (RTE) is vital to closing the gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’. As a founding member of the RTE Forum, it is working towards […]