Under Suman Singh’s leadership, women in Madhubani, India, gain greater control over their lives. Women in inland fisheries in the Madhubani district of Bihar, India, started organizing way back in the year 1999, first registering a district level fisherwomen’s cooperative, and then cooperatives at the block or sub-district level throughout Madhubani. At the helm of movement building was a non-governmental organisation (NGO) named Sakhi led by the efforts of its secretary, Suman Singh.