SEWA Annual Mahila Sammelan
An annual gathering of SEWA members from across India, celebrating collective achievements and setting priorities.
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SEWA
Self Employed Women's Association — a trade union of poor, self-employed women workers in India.
About
SEWA — the Self Employed Women's Association — is a trade union of India's informal-sector women workers, founded in Ahmedabad in 1972. With over two million members, it is one of the world's largest organisations of informal workers.
SEWA organises women workers — home-based workers, street vendors, agricultural labourers and domestic workers — to secure their rights to work, income, food, health, childcare and shelter.
Members can reach out through the contact tab to explore volunteering, research partnerships or collaborative programmes.
Events & Programmes
Skill Training Programmes
Vocational training in textiles, handicrafts, construction and other trades for informal women workers.
Banking Campaigns
Financial literacy and banking access campaigns connecting members with SEWA Bank and savings groups.
Solidarity Marches
Public demonstrations and advocacy marches on minimum wages, social security and labour rights.
Gallery
Member Cooperatives
SEWA's network of cooperatives producing textiles, handicrafts and food products sold nationally.
SEWA Bank
India's first cooperative bank for poor women, offering savings, credit and insurance since 1974.
Field Programmes
Photography from SEWA's skill training, healthcare and financial empowerment programmes across India.
- mail@sewa.org
- +91 79 2550 6444
- SEWA Reception Centre, Bhadra, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Official website
- Monday to Saturday, 9:00 – 18:00 local time
COMMUNITY VOICES
What members say
Our programme found volunteers, a printing partner and a funder in the same month. That never happened through our own channels.
Dr. Farhana Islam
Public Health Consultant
Dhaka, Bangladesh
We posted three roles and filled two from the community. The candidates understood the context before the first call.
Sophie Laurent
People & Culture Lead
Montreal, Canada
Writing on the blog wall brought me work I could not have advertised for. People read it and reached out directly.
Debasish Roy
Learning Designer
Bengaluru, India
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