Self Employed Women Association (Sewa)

SELF EMPLOYED
WOMEN
ASSOCIATION (SEWA)
Presented By:
Vijay Mangal
Joydeep Das
Megha Singh
Introduction about SEWA
 Founder is Ela Ben Bhatt
 Registered in 1972 as a trade union
 In support of TLA president Arvind Buch
 Organization of poor and illiterate women
 These are the worker of unorganized sector
 Aim is to provide full employment
 SEWA is both organization and movement

Objectives of SEWA
 Full employment and self dependent
 Self reliant and decision making ability
 Provide second freedom

Three ways in which members are
engaged
 A union -with urban & rural branches
 Cooperatives - largest cooperative is SEWA

Bank(1974)with Rs. 72400
 Member services - financed by user

charges, Donors and by Government
department
Break up in 1981
 Between TLA and SEWA
 Objectives were different
 TLA worked for organized worker
whereas SEWA stood for unorganized
workers
 Now it become independent body
 After it, started growing more rapidly
Growth of SEWA
 1982, SEWA move to other states
 By 2002, it expanded to six states
 Membership in 1974 – 320

2002 – 7 Lakh (approx.)
2006 - 9.5 Lakh (approx.)
Cont’d…
STFC targeted-
–Europe, US, South Africa,
Middle East and Japan
In India, tie-ups with-
-Big Bazaar, Pantaloons,
Shoppers’ Stop
Future plans
 Aim is to provide more facilities through
the use of information technology
 Plans to use computers in the STFC
 Singed a company to design and

develop tailor made software for
members
Cont’d…
 Set up a retail chain of 60 franchisee-
operated stores
 Will set up ‘Apparel and Accessories

Park’ in Ahmedabad
Four main group of
members
• Home based workers
• Street vendors
• Contract laborers and
• Small producers
Challenges
 Organizing worker in the informal sector
 Competition with local NGOs in other

states
 Get less advantages in other states than

Gujrat
Key factors of success of SEWA
 Members attain self-confidence, skills
 Values generate strong loyalty from

staff, members and public
 It motivates high performance and

low turnover among staff
Activities of SEWA
 Provides easy credit through saving
and credit co-operative, SEWA Bank
 Providing social security like Housing,

Child Care and Health Care
 To train the members it established

the SEWA Academy
Cont’d….
 Provide the legal aid to its members,
Fighting for -
 low wages,
 Violation of labor laws,
 contract labor,
 Harassment , and
 exploitation of women etc.

Strength
• Affiliated to HomeNet and StreetNet
International
• Grants from GoI, UNICEF, Ford Foundation

and ILO
• SEWA Bank Supervise by Reserve Bank of

India
• The World Bank is a major source

Cont’d….
• Health care programs funded by-
• United Nations Population Fund

• WHO
• The GoI
• The Ahmedabad Minicipal Corporation
Cont’d…
Child care : Shaishav Child Care Cooperative funded
by-
>Mothers,
>Employers,
>Local Organizations,
>The Gram Panchayat,
>Trusts,
Cont’d…
• For Standardization and Quality, it had
tie-ups with
• National Institute of Design (NID),
• National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
• St. Martin’s School of Art, London,
• Fashion Technology Institute, New York
• Boston Consulting Group
Conclusion
• SEWA is movement more than program
• SEWA provide self reliance and full employment
• SEWA has full support from every side
• It helps to create market in India as well as foreign
• The growth of SEWA’s membership in other states

has been uneven
SEWA-Gallery
Agarbatti worker
Bidi worker
»
» Kite maker
Construction
worker
Child care at SEWA
•Women literacy at SEWA
»Health care at SEWA
• Capacity Building &
Leadership Development
of Rural Women
Learning
Computers
Readymade garment worker
Iron Picker
vendor
Women workers in Rural Areas
Bibliography
 www.sewa.org.
 www.google.com
 www.sewaachademy.com
 SEWA Annual report 2006

 www.sewabank.com
THANKS !
“SEWA =SERVICE = SWASHRAYI

MAHILA SANGH”

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SELF EMPLOYED

 Registered in 1972 as a trade union

 In support of TLA president Arvind Buch

 Organization of poor and illiterate women

 These are the worker of unorganized sector

 Aim is to provide full employment

 SEWA is both organization and movement

 Self reliant and decision making ability

 Provide second freedom

 Cooperatives - largest cooperative is SEWA

 Member services - financed by user

 By 2002, it expanded to six states

 Membership in 1974 – 320

 Plans to use computers in the STFC

 Singed a company to design and

 Will set up ‘Apparel and Accessories

• Contract laborers and

 Competition with local NGOs in other

 Get less advantages in other states than

 Values generate strong loyalty from

 It motivates high performance and

 Providing social security like Housing,

 To train the members it established

 Violation of labor laws,

 exploitation of women etc.

• Grants from GoI, UNICEF, Ford Foundation

• SEWA Bank Supervise by Reserve Bank of

• The World Bank is a major source

• United Nations Population Fund

• SEWA provide self reliance and full employment

• SEWA has full support from every side

• It helps to create market in India as well as foreign

• The growth of SEWA’s membership in other states

 SEWA Annual report 2006

“SEWA =SERVICE = SWASHRAYI

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