The collective social enterprises that the informal workers had so painstakingly built over the years are struggling to survive. Many…
“When they brought in a computer in ‘96 I thought that I was done; that they’d let me go and…
Self-reliance (Hindi: स्वावलंबन/swavlamban) lies at the heart of the SEWA movement and is the foundation on which the Swavlamban programme…
Part of our work at SEWA Cooperative Federation is to bring visibility and networking opportunities to women and their collective…
As part of SEWA Cooperative Federation’s continued effort to provide a platform for women artisans, SEWA Kalakruti has designed and…
Sahinaben belongs to a household where resources are scarce. She learned of SEWA’s work from her neighbour who works at…
Having the option of accessing finance to keep their operations going can be a matter of survival for collective social…
With the country slowly reopening and the situation returning to relative normalcy, many would think that the use of the…
At our recently concluded webinar on Atmanirbhar Bharat jointly organised with NCUI and SEWA Bharat, SEWA Cooperative Federation launched a…
SEWA Cooperative Federation, in association with the National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) and SEWA Bharat jointly organised a webinar…
The Global Social Economy Forum, SEWA Cooperative Federation and International Forum SSE (IFSSE) co-organised a virtual event on women and…
Digital Financial services have become an undeniable need that saw a huge surge during the lockdown. However, there remains a…
SEWA Federation Chairperson Mirai Chatterjee was featured in a World Bank session titled ‘Protect and Invest in the People: Human…
On the occasion of #WorldMaskWeek, we at SEWA Cooperative Federation have partnered with Hyderabad-based Parisodhana Technologies, and professors at MIT…
Greetings sisters and brother in the cooperative movement and the trade union movement. I am Mirai Chatterjee from the…
As the COVID pandemic continues to spread, there is an acute shortage of basic protective equipment like face masks. The…
Lead: A SEWA Federation collective of tribal women farmers is using Whatsapp to spread awareness about COVID-19. As the disease…
The COVID pandemic continues to have an unprecedented impact as we observe a shortage in the supply of health products…
Champaben works as a care giver for 80 year old Minalba who has limited mobility and is homebound. She has…
SEWA Federation supports women-led collective enterprises, and is itself registered as a cooperative! Every quarter, our elected Board of Directors…
By Mittal Shah (In December, 2019, this article was published by the National Cooperative Union of India’s journal – The…
Food preparation and feeding the family is closely linked to care work, and traditionally a woman’s job. We collectivised women…
Diyaben (70 years) joined Lok Swasthya Mandli two years ago: ‘when I step into the office, I forget my sorrows…
What is a cooperative? A social enterprise where the members are workers, managers and decision makers of the enterprise. This…
Sangeetaben grew up in Raipur, Ahmedabad amongst three sisters and one brother. She was sent to a hostel in fifth…
I have been working with the SEWA Homecare Cooperative for 3 years now and the learning never stops,” says Bhavikaben…