The everyday resistance of Women's Group for Environmental Care (KPPL) Maju Bersama of Pal VIII Village in Bengkulu

Social forestry program has become a survival approach to Indonesia's long history of forest management that only sees forests as an economic resource that has damaged the forests and neglected the welfare of communities around the forest. Forests are still seen as a "men's world" despite the fact that women have long relied on forest resources for subsistence and still lack the authority to manage the forest because it is assumed that women lack the expertise necessary to manage the forest effectively This study set out to better understand the lives of women in Pal VIII Village, Bengkulu, by looking at how women's groups there gain access to and manage the Taman National Kerinci Seblat (TNKS) forests. In addition, this study's goal is to reveal the everyday resistances of this group, which give them an upper hand vis-à-vis the patriarchal forest management system used by the state and the community and enable them to take on leadership roles in forest management. The women's group, Kelompok Perempuan Peduli Lingkungan1 (KPPL) Maju Bersama, has demonstrated that women's leadership is transformative and that they can become forest managers by emphasizing their caring value in their forest conservation work which fosters cooperation with their male counterparts, the village community, and the government. They also have resilience in carrying out activities to achieve their goals. These works not only impact the ongoing efforts to use forests in a sustainable manner, but they also impact social transformation.