Throughout the third quarter of 2013, the Himalayan Grassroots Women’s Association for Natural Resource Management (HIMAWANTI) organized four district level interactions and four community rights dialogues to ensure gender justice is considered in forestry policymaking. These meetings convened government agents and community members, particularly from marginalized groups ? such as women, Indigenous Peoples, and landless citizens ? to raise awareness and advance understanding of current threats to realizing community forestry rights in practice. As a result, HIMAWANTI and the National Resource Management Confederation have successfully built alliances with indigenous (NEFIN), dalit (RDN-Nepal), and land and water rights groups to work more synergistically in advancing the pro-poor rights agenda. Moreover, HIMAWANTI successfully created an informal ?Women?s leadership circle? network to share lessons learned and expertise on gender issues in preparation for a forthcoming study.