Self-Employed Women’s Association of India

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membership-based organization non-governmental organization social movement trade union

The Self-Employed Women’s Association of India is a pioneering trade union and movement that organizes and empowers poor, self-employed women workers across the informal sector to secure their rights, livelihoods, and social protection.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Self-Employed Women’s Association of India canonical 2
SEWA Academy 1
SEWA Bank 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf membership-based organization ⓘ
non-governmental organization ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
trade union ⓘ
country India ⓘ
fieldOfWork cooperative development ⓘ
informal sector ⓘ
labour rights ⓘ
microfinance ⓘ
poverty alleviation ⓘ
social security ⓘ
women’s rights ⓘ
focusesOn access to credit for poor women ⓘ
capacity building and training for women workers ⓘ
childcare services for working women ⓘ
collective bargaining for informal workers ⓘ
health insurance for informal workers ⓘ
foundedAs women’s wing of Textile Labour Association ⓘ
foundedBy Ela Bhatt ⓘ
foundingLocation Ahmedabad ⓘ
hasPart Self-Employed Women’s Association of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SEWA Academy

Self-Employed Women’s Association of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SEWA Bank

Self-Employed Women’s Association of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SEWA Bharat

Self-Employed Women’s Association of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SEWA cooperatives
headquartersLocation Ahmedabad ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
India ⓘ
inception 1972 ⓘ
keyPerson Ela Bhatt ⓘ
Reema Nanavaty ⓘ
legalForm registered trade union ⓘ
memberOf International Trade Union Confederation ⓘ
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations ⓘ
motto self-reliance ⓘ
movementSlogan organize, struggle, develop ⓘ
struggle and development ⓘ
notableAward Decent Work Agenda ⓘ
surface form: ILO Decent Work recognition

Right Livelihood Award ⓘ
operatesIn multiple Indian states ⓘ
purpose empowerment of poor women in the informal economy ⓘ
improving livelihoods of women workers ⓘ
organizing self-employed women workers ⓘ
providing social protection to informal women workers ⓘ
securing workers’ rights ⓘ
unionRepresents agricultural labourers ⓘ
construction workers ⓘ
domestic workers ⓘ
home-based workers ⓘ
self-employed women ⓘ
small producers ⓘ
street vendors ⓘ
waste pickers ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ela Bhatt → founded → Self-Employed Women’s Association of India ⓘ
Self-Employed Women’s Association of India → hasPart → Self-Employed Women’s Association of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: SEWA Bank
Self-Employed Women’s Association of India → hasPart → Self-Employed Women’s Association of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: SEWA cooperatives
Self-Employed Women’s Association of India → hasPart → Self-Employed Women’s Association of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: SEWA Academy
Self-Employed Women’s Association of India → hasPart → Self-Employed Women’s Association of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: SEWA Bharat
Rasesh Bhatt → knownFor → Self-Employed Women’s Association of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Ela Bhatt