The organization was established to empower tribal women to stand up for their rights. The organization is called "Ayo Aidari," which means "women's rights." It is known reality that tribal peoples are neglected and continue to have subpar rights and privileges. Different laws have been enacted to protect their rights, yet they are the least aware of these laws and such legislations. The process of their development has been hampered by ignorance, illiteracy, and poverty. In a state like Jharkhand, tribal people's lives are precarious and they are a far away from the idea of development. Most of their homes are located in geographically challenging places, and they still lack access to essential amenities like safe drinking water, proper road communication, elementary education, and public health services.

Early in the 1980s, a group of 17 young tribal women were volunteering for a campaign called "Aidari"—which means "Right"—under the auspices of an organization known as "Atithi" in various regions of Jharkhand (previously undivided Bihar). The "Aidari" initiative sought to educate the tribal people about their rights and entitlements. These young women discovered that tribal women have a poor social position than tribal males while helping for the campaign. These young volunteers changed their focus from simply focusing on "Aidari" (tribal rights) to "Ayo Aidari" (tribal women's rights) after realizing that the true development of tribal communities cannot be achieved unless tribal women are developed. They then began working to empower tribal women and to support them in obtaining their rights. Thus, they formed an organization with the name "Ayo Aidari Trust" for this purpose, registered it in 1998, and AYO AIDARI TRUST was born.