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SEWA- Empowering India's Self-Employed Women
- 2. SEWA- Self Employed Women'sAssociation of India Founded 1972 Members 1,916,676 (2013) Affiliation ITUC Key people Ela Bhatt, president Office location Ahmedabad Country India Website www.sewa.org
- 3. Introduction SEWA is a trade union registered in 1972. It is an organization of poor, self-employed women workers. These are women who earn a living through their own labour or small businesses. SEWA main goals are to organise women workers for full employment. Full employment means employment whereby workers obtain work security, income security, food security and social security (at least health care, child care and shelter). SEWA organises women to ensure that every family obtains full employment.
- 4. HISTORY SEWA was born as a trade union of poor self- employed women in 1972, in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It grew out of the Textile Labour Association , TLA, India's oldest and largest union of textile workers founded in 1920 by a women, Anasuya Sarabhai. The inspiration for the union came from Mahatma Gandhi, who led a successful strike of textile workers in 1917.
- 5. Self-employed women in South Asia, in South Africa, and countries in Latin America, have also started SEWAs to meet local challenges. SEWA has grown from an organization to a movement. This movement is at the confluence of The labour movement, The cooperative movement, The women’s movement.
- 6. SEWAMEMBERS In fact, 64% of GDP is accounted for by the self – employed of our country. There are Four types of self-employed women workers: Hawkers and vendors Home-based workers Manual labourers & service providers Producers & Services
- 7. Hawkers and vendors small business women like vegetable, fruit, fish, egg and other vendors of food items, and clothes vendors Home-based workers like weavers, potters, bidi and agarbatti workers, papad rollers, ready-made garment workers, Manual labourers & service providers like agricultural labourers, construction workers, handcart pullers, domestic workers and laundry workers. Producers & Services This category includes Agriculture, cattle rearers , salt workers, gum collectors, cooking & vending etc.
- 8. SEWA’S MEMBERSHIPIN 2019 1 Gujarat 8,09,544 2 Madhya Pradesh 5,51,250 3 Uttar Pradesh 1,41,658 4 Delhi 40,500 5 Bihar 63,800 6 West Bengalq 20,753 7 Rajasthan 32,300 8 Uttarakhand 27,780 9 Kerala 25,000 10 Maharashtra 4,674 11 Assam 867 12 Meghalaya 600 13 Jammu – Kashmir 3,200 14 Nagaland 2,163 15 Orissa 8,950 16 Jharkhand 4,189
- 9. SEWA’SAFFILIATIONS SEWA is a national trade union of poor women workers from the informal economy. International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) – Elected Vice President, Council Members International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific (ITUC AP) – Council Member International Union of Food, Agriculture, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and allied Workers (IUF) – Executive Member International Textile Garment and Leather Workers (ITGLWF) – Vice President Textile Workers Asian Regional Organisation (TWARO) – Member StreetNet International, Secretary Building Workers International (BWI) – Member Asia Farmers Forum
- 10. SEWA’S SERVICES SEWA bank , Health care, Child care, Insurance, Legal services, Capacity building, Housing, Video SEWA
- 11. SEWA MAIN GOAL Full employment Work security, Income security, Food security, Social security – Insurance, Healthcare, Childcare, Shelter, Pension Self- reliance Economically, Decision making and control
- 12. SEWA WORK Organizing Collective organized strength through worker’s associations to actively participate in the planning, implementation and monitoring processes of programs meant for these women workers also in all other affairs of the nation Capacity Building To stand firm in the competitive markets i.e. access to infrastructure, technology, information, education, knowledge, and relevant skills. Assets ownership is the surest weapon to fight vulnerability to poverty Social Security At least health care, child care, shelter and relief – to combat the chronic risks faced by the women workers and their families Capital Formation At the household level, SEWA facilitates access to financial services to build and create assets of their own.
- 14. SEWAVISSION & MISSION 2020 1.People, 2.Performance, 3.Planet, 4.Projects, 5.Positioning, 6.Partners, 7.Prosperity, 8.Profit Vision: To be among the best authentic organizations in the world. Mission: Create value and make a difference through teamwork, positive attitute and high standard of service in a fun environment.