The Centre for Advocacy and Research (CFAR) is a non-profit organization committed to advocacy on the rights of marginalized populations. This includes the urban and rural poor, HIV positive people, single women, people living with disabilities, the girl child, women in sex work and sexual minorities.

Formally established in 1998 CFAR emerged out of a collective called the 'Media Advocacy Group'. Today we have a presence in - Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Manipur, Maharashtra, Nagaland and Tamilnadu. And our staff comprises of individuals with expertise in journalism, publishing, advertising, documentation, research and media criticism. Our core competence is in the areas of: Building capacities of grassroots organizations and community leaders in media advocacy. Empowering marginalized communities. Primary documentation of experiences of communities. Conducting field-based surveys and audience and feedback. Media monitoring and tracking. Providing media support. Creating modules and curriculums to suit specific needs.

As one of the leading organizations in the field of media advocacy CFAR is networking with and supporting a number of organizations and a host of issues. They range from land rights to rural employment, the rights of unorganized workers and 33% reservation for women.

Our technical expertise is also being enlisted at the policy level. We represent citizen groups and civil society organizations on the expert committee on information and broadcasting, the technical resource group of the national programme on HIV/AIDS and are consulted by schools and colleges on curriculum development for their journalism courses.

We also support large-scale government programmes like Mahila Samakhya and our expertise has been sought at the national and south Asia level by organizations like CRY and UNODC while revisiting their strategic plans.