Karaikal District Fisher women Federation was facilitiated to bring into its fold the members of all sangams. Federations are the Community Based Organizations that have emerged as the formalized institutional mechanisms to facilitate women’s political participation and move towards gender equality in all spheres of their lives. It has become the fall back structure for women in distress, especially single women. Its members are sharing the journey of the federation towards their ideological and economic empowerment. Federation enables fisher women to address their problems from micro level to macro level. In this publication we have documented the history, achievements and challenges of the federation in the form of case studies based on discussions with women.