Sukalo Gond, A Relentless Activist Fighting For Forests

Sukalo Gond is a veteran Adivasi activist from Uttar Pradesh's Majhouli Village.

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Sukalo Gond is a veteran Adivasi activist from Uttar Pradesh’s Majhouli Village. She is an important force in the struggle for implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006 in Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh.

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Before sections 4 and 20 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927-a, Adivasis living in this region have been denied their lands and rights. Sonebhadra comprises 70% Adivasi population.

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Adivasi women leaders in UP have been systematically bullied and harassed in the process of implementing the Forest Rights Act, 2006.

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Sukalo is the living witness to the atrocities and violence against Adivasis and forest dwellers.

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Sukalo is also the treasurer with the All India Union for Forest Working People (AIU FWP).

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She has been a part of the petition filed by the wildlife conservation groups contesting the validity of the Forest Rights Act, to evict well over a million Adivasis from more than 16 states in India in 2019.

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