SEWA Bharat (All India Federation of Self-Employed Women's Association)

SEWA Bharat focuses on empowering informal women workers through livelihoods and entrepreneurship. It addresses the economic disparities faced by women, promotes microfinance for women and strives for gender equity in agriculture and cooperatives. By supporting income-generating activities and entrepreneurship, SEWA transforms women's positions within households and communities. It promotes microentrepreneurship, collective social enterprises, and provides a Women's Enterprise Support System to facilitate women's financial sustainability and business development.

SEWA Bharat's digital interventions aim to empower informal women workers by leveraging technological innovations. Recognizing the inequity in accessing digital technology, SEWA works to bridge the gap and ensure inclusive participation. Its approach focuses on equalizing access to digital assets, promoting literacy in digital tools and finance, and supporting digital business pilots. Digital technology enables financial inclusion, providing simplified access to credit, digital payments, and alternative financing. It also boosts livelihoods by creating new job roles, connecting microentrepreneurs with online marketplaces, and skilling women with digital tools. Additionally, digital platforms amplify the voices of grassroots women, facilitate the digitization of enterprises, and serve as essential response mechanisms during crises. SEWA Bharat strives to create a more inclusive and equal digital world for informal women workers.

SEWA Bharat's skill development programme empowers women by addressing economic participation and skill enhancement. It goes beyond technical skills, focusing on personality development and awareness of the competitive environment. With market-driven training programmes and online adaptations, it offers livelihood opportunities in sectors like retail, hospitality, livestock rearing, and e-rickshaw driving. By promoting sustainable options and breaking traditional norms, SEWA Bharat transforms women, making them confident, self-reliant decision-makers in their families and communities.

SEWA Bharat's programme on land title and ownership aims to empower informal women workers by strengthening their land ownership and tenure. Informal settlements often lack infrastructure and have insecure land tenure, affecting living conditions. SEWA Bharat's approach includes capacity building, awareness raising, community mobilization, Government liaisoning, and advocacy. It works to improve awareness of infrastructure services, enhance tenure security, and facilitate access to formal finance. Projects like Zamini Adhikar Abhiyan and the Roadmap to Tenure Security focus on empowering women and creating sustainable livelihoods. SEWA Bharat's efforts uplift women and advocate for better policies and tenure security.

SEWA Bharat's financial inclusion programme aims to empower informal women workers, providing them with financial independence. These women often rely on informal finance sources, which come with high-interest rates and risks. SEWA Bharat's approach includes financial literacy training and the establishment of credit cooperatives. Financial literacy workshops enhance women's financial decision-making skills and promote saving habits. The Mahila SEWA Credit Cooperative allows women to invest and grow their assets within the institution, providing access to credit and necessary financial guidance. Doorstep banking services ensure convenience and fair interest rates, protecting women from exploitation by private moneylenders. SEWA Bharat's efforts enable women to save, invest, and protect their earnings, paving the way towards financial independence.