Citizens for Justice and Peace
अगर हम सब एक साथ आ गए तो सरकार और पूंजीपति हार मानेंगे AIUFWP के अध्यक्ष सोकालो गोंड से सुनें
05-Jan-2022
वनाधिकार कानून 2006 को लागू करने के लिए वन-निवासी समुदायों की लड़ाई क्या है? आगे की राह क्या है? सुनिए AIUFWP अध्यक्ष और आदिवासी नेत्री सोकालो गोंड से। Related: AIUFWP’s 2nd National Conference begins Adivasi struggle led by trailblazers working on-ground: Teesta Setalvad AIUFWP announces second National Conference to discuss land and forest rights वन…
Here’s what CJP achieved in 2021 CJP's truly unique achievements this year
27-Dec-2021
As we entered 2021 along with challenges posed by a raging pandemic and related hurdles, CJP managed to overcome all of those and achieve some truly unique milestones along the way. Let’s take a look at the year gone by. Related: CJP in 2021: New milestones achieved CJP Impact: WB gov’t confirms Gangadhar Pramanik’s Indian…
Defending Forest Rights in 2021 CJP and AIUFWP stand by Adivasis and forest dwellers amidst mounting challenges
27-Dec-2021
As the Covid-19 pandemic continued to pose new threats via more infectious and deadly variants, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) and the All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP) worked hard to ensure it did not allow vested interests and their stooges in the administration an opportunity to snatch away Forest Rights of…
CJP in 2021: New milestones achieved A look back at some of CJP’s most unique achievements
22-Dec-2021
We entered 2021 knowing fully well that there would be aftershocks from 2020, especially when it came to challenges posed by Covid-19. But despite the second wave and related hurdles, CJP did manage to overcome several hurdles and achieve some truly unique milestones along the way. Here’s a look at the year gone by. Helping…
Committed to sustainable relationship with mother earth: Forest Workers On Forest Rights Day, Adivasis and Forest Workers vow to continue their peaceful struggle for forest rights
15-Dec-2021
On the occasion of Forest Rights Day that is being celebrated today, Adivasis, other forest dwellers and forest working people are once again showcasing a strong commitment to ecological sustainability as well as solidarity with other peaceful struggles for human rights. This is very much in line with a unique declaration made by members of…
आदिवासी और वन अधिकार कार्यकर्ता वन-निवासियों के लिए आवाज उठाते हुए एकजुट हुए आदिवासी नेता सोकालो गोंड AIUFWP की नई अध्यक्षा चुनी गईं.
13-Dec-2021
ऑल इंडिया यूनियन ऑफ़ फ़ॉरेस्ट वर्किंग पीपल (AIUFWP) के दूसरे राष्ट्रीय सम्मेलन से बुलंद हुई विभिन्न आवाज़ सुनें. आदिवासी और वन अधिकार कार्यकर्ताओं, प्रमुख संगठनों के नेताओं और जमीनी स्तर के कार्यकर्ताओं ने हमारी वन भूमि, वन-निवासी समुदायों की रक्षा के महत्व के बारे में बात की और वन अधिकार अधिनियम (FRA, 2006) को लागू…
Tharu Adivasis refuse to give up their struggle for Community Forest Rights They have filed their objections with the district administration
08-Dec-2021
Since 2013, members of the Tharu Adivasi tribe of Dudhwa region, in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh (UP) have been awaiting the approval of their community rights claims under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (FRA). Procedural delays have kept them deprived of their rights for eight years!…
AIUFWP: New leadership, same values 2nd National Conference of AIUFWP concludes
04-Dec-2021
As many as 7,000 (seven thousand) villages in India are still not recognised as per their revenue to enjoy benefits of the Forest Rights Act 2006 (FRA), reported the All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP) during its 2nd National Conference between December 1 and December 3, 2021. Forest and Adivasi activists gathered in…
Sokalo Gond elected new AIUFWP President Trailblazer promises to carry the torch for Adivasi rights to jal, jangal, zameen
04-Dec-2021
Adivasi and forest rights leader Sokalo Gond was elected the new President of All India Union of Forest Working People (AIUFWP) on December 3, 2021 marking the conclusion of the 2nd National Conference of the Union. On Friday, prominent leaders working in the field of defending forest, land and legal rights of Adivasis, other forest-dwelling…
Adivasi struggle led by trailblazers working on-ground: Teesta Setalvad Human rights defender was keynote speaker at AIUFWP's 2nd National Conference
02-Dec-2021
All India Union of Forest Working People’s (AIUFWP), a united front for forest rights struggle, is a unique movement that is led by those women who lead the struggle on-ground, said Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) General Secretary Teesta Setalvad on December 1, 2021. Setalvad was the keynote speaker at the inaugural event of…