Self Employed Women's Association

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Self_Employed_Women's_Association
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:SEWA
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:International_Trade_Union_Confederation
gptkb:National_Trade_Union_Congress
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Indira_Gandhi_Prize
gptkb:Right_Livelihood_Award
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:focus Women's rights
Informal sector
Self-employed workers
gptkbp:foundedIn 1972
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Ela_Bhatt
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Ahmedabad
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Self Employed Women's Association
gptkbp:language gptkb:Gujarati
gptkb:Hindi
English
gptkbp:membership Over 2 million (as of 2023)
gptkbp:notableEvent SEWA's 50th anniversary in 2022
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Mirai_Chatterjee
gptkb:Reema_Nanavaty
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:SEWA_Bank
SEWA Cooperative
gptkbp:notablePublication Anubandh: Building Hundred Mile Communities
gptkbp:organization gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:purpose Empowerment of self-employed women
Organizing women in the informal sector
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:India
gptkbp:website https://www.sewa.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Indian_feminist_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7