Secretary and Program Director of CORE (Center for Organization, Research and Education), an indigenous peoples' policy research and advocacy organization based in the North East of India, Pinto has also been an active member of the Indian Women's Movement for over two decades. She has contributed to the establishment, initiation and work of many women's groups in New Delhi. She presently supports and offers resources to many women's community organizations in the North East region of India. Pinto has written extensively on the question of armed conflict affecting indigenous communities, the impact of erosion of indigenous peoples' autonomous systems of resource management and governance, critiques of literary works as instruments of change, responses to and critiques of policy initiatives by the Government of India and international agencies such as World Bank impacting indigenous peoples. She has also participated in drafting advances in international human rights legislation and preparing training materials.