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Elaben Bhatt
FounderFounder of Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)
Elaben Bhatt is the founder of Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) (1972)[1], an Indian non-profit working on livelihood and women & children from Ahmedabad.
Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)
SEWA is a trade union of women workers in India's informal economy, founded by Ela Bhatt. It organises self-employed women and supports their livelihoods through cooperatives, microfinance, healthcare, childcare and capacity building — one of the largest such organisations in India.
Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) reports the following, on its own site:
- 3.7 million women members
- Organised across 20 states
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Ahmedabad
- Founded
- 1972
- Press
- 5
References
- [1] “SEWA was founded by Elaben Bhatt on 12th April, 1972” — Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA). Source
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