Cooperatives have long been powerful tools for economic empowerment and social change, particularly for marginalized communities. With 1.2 billion members…
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Hyperlocal solutions for Sustainable Communities Elaben Bhatt, the founder of SEWA, emphasizes in her book Anubandh that empowering people and…
The process of registration and election in cooperatives is fundamental to upholding democracy within these organisations, ensuring accountability and representation…
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…