Shree Gujarat State Women Sewa Cooperative Federation Ltd.

SEWA Cooperative Federation’s history can be traced back to the struggle for workers’ rights led by the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) . Si Read morence its inception SEWA trade union has worked actively to promote rights of women working in the informal sector. Today, SEWA is one of India’s largest and oldest national trade unions of informal workers with over 1.8 million active members across 18 states. Alongside workers’ rights, SEWA identified the need for sustainable livelihood for women informal workers. SEWA initiated several cooperatives for these workers, across sectors. SEWA Cooperative Federation was established in 1992 to support SEWA-promoted cooperatives. The Federation supports over 100 women-owned and women-led cooperatives, across sectors, with the view of achieving full employment and self-reliance for informal women workers. The Federation provides support services that enable these cooperatives, and other collective businesses of informal women workers, to become viable, to innovate and to scale.