Panchachuli Women Weavers is a development programme, which facilitates economic and social independence for women in the Indian Himalayas using the traditional arts of weaving and knitting. The project has given the women an alternative way of earning their living and has contributed significantly to the structural development of the Kumaon region.

Today, over 800 women from a total of 32 villages in the region are involved in the processing of raw materials and the production of high-quality woven and knitted products.

Panchachuli Women Weavers is the largest independent women´s cooperative in the state of Uttaranchal. The women are all shareholders in the cooperative as well as receiving regular wages.