We are happy to introduce SANNIHITA to you. In the past few years since its inception in 2000, this forum, which was initiated to work for poor and marginalized women, grew in stature with a significant rise in the number of beneficiaries and participants in the organization’s activities. We would like to share with you our experiences while working with women and girls on their issues... some of them surprising, a few shocking, but some, really great. This report explores some issues of the status of poor women, which link up with urban poverty, rural economy, policies, globalization, and the consequence of gender discrimination and violence on women.