Sewa

Social Project

1. PRESENTATION ONPRESENTATION ON
Empowerment of Poor Women on a
Large Scale
Carried out by
Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)

2. Flow Flow
About SEWA
◦Goal
◦Movement
◦Activity 
Research methodology
◦ Objective
◦  Research Technique
◦ Limitation of study
◦  Data collection
◦  Findings
◦  Conclusion
Bibliography

3. Self Employed Women’s Association
SEWA is a National Trade Union
Established by Shri Elaben Bhatt in 1972
An organisation of poor, self-employed
women workers
Who earn a living through their own labour
or small businesses
They are the unprotected labour force of our
country

4. 93% of the workforce is in the informal economy93% of the workforce is in the informal economy
SEWA organises informal women workers.SEWA organises informal women workers.
THE INFORMAL ECONOMYTHE INFORMAL ECONOMY

5. SEWA’S SEWA’S
GOALSGOALS

6. Full
Employment
◦Food Security
◦Social Security
- health care
- child care
- insurance
- shelter
- pension
Self-Reliance
◦Economic
◦Decision-making
and control

7. Is the organisation is in the
direction of this two goal ?
To find out its performance constant
monitoring and evaluation is necessary

8. SEWA’s Eleven questionSEWA’s Eleven question
eHave more members obtained more employment ?
sHas their income increased ?
Have they obtained food and nutrition ?
eHas their health been safeguarded ?
Have they obtained child-care?
eHave they obtained or improved their housing ?
eHave their assets increased ? (e.g. their own
savings, land, house, work-space, tools or work,
licenses, identity cards, cattled and share in
cooperatives; and all in their own name.

9. Have the worker’s organisational strength
increased ?
s Has worker’s leadership increased ?
d Have they become self-reliant both
collectively and individually?
dHave they become literate?

10. SEWA movementSEWA movement
SEWA adopts an Integrated & Need based Approach to Organizing
It is a member-based movement of about 7,00,000 poor, informal
sector women workers of India
Works in 7 states of India
14 districts of Gujarat, covering 50% of the State of Gujarat
SEWA’s membership in Gujarat – 5,35,674
2/3
rd
of SEWA members live in rural areas
Members represent more than 125 different kind of trades
There are about 3500 local producers groups and 9 Economic
Federation

11. It is a sangam or confluence of three
movements
◦ Labour movement
◦ Co-operative movement
◦ Women’s movement

12. Scaling-up in the Recent Past
•Membership Growth in Gujarat
–From 1070 in 1972 to 535674 in 2007
Sheet

13. Geographical CoverageGeographical Coverage
◦Started with organizing in Ahmedabad City
◦Now operates in 14 districts of Gujarat
◦7 states in India
◦Other countries – South Africa, Yemen,
Turkey etc.

14. ActivityActivity
Members work
◦ In markets, in their own home, in fields
others and their own, in forests, on
riverbanks and in the desert.
The members are divided in 4 categories
◦ Home based workers
◦ Vendors or Hawkers
◦ Manual laborers
◦ service providers and Producers

15. ◦Supportive activities includes
Organizing the informal Sector women into their
own organizations
Capacity Building
Livelihood security activities ( child care )
Marketing Services
Financial Services ( insurance , banks )
Social Security Activities
Video

16. To fulfill the requirement of unemployed
women SEWA provides education and
training. So that poor women can get work
and serve their purpose.
Following activities are carried for the
upliftment of women in society
mVocational training
iCapacity buiding training

17. Vocational training
By upgrading women’s existing skills,
SEWA’s vocational training can increase
women’s earning potential and security.
Vocational training programmes are
carefully planned with women’s needs
and emerging market realities in mind.
Programs are developed in partnership
with supportive, skilled instructors.

18. Capacity buiding training
Capacity building programs can roughly be
divided into
◦leadership
◦technical
◦exposure and dialogue program
◦non-formal education program

19. leadershipleadership
Leadership training programmes form the
essential core capacity building program
They ensure that the basic framework,
vision and strategies of the movement are
understood by all and that women are
able to deliver this message to other
women, policy makers, and the world as
leaders.

20. technical
Today's world is unforeseen without
Information Technology where
computer's is a must.
New generation is moving a step further
towards Information Technology field.
The women from the informal sector need
to be trained so that their future can be
brightened up.
SEWA Academy offers MS Office at
basic level and DTP and Tally at
advanced level

21. EDP programEDP program
Participants live with a SEWA member and follow
her daily activities for three days and nights.
After the visit, the participants and women come
together to share their experiences, analyse the
policies and structures contributing to poverty,
and develop alternate approaches that meet real
needs.
EDP helps participants move beyond a
theoretical, abstract understanding to experience
first-hand the realities of village life, the needs of
self-employed women, and the effect of SEWA’s
services, and the strengths of the women.

22. Research MethodologyResearch Methodology

23. Scope Scope
As we know about the Indian economy. We
face major problem about 3 P’s, which is
Poverty, Population and Politics as well
as unemployment is also our major
problem.
Our NGO SEWA providing the education &
training to the women basically from the rural
areas. They try to minimize the unemployment
problem for women.

24. Research objectiveResearch objective
To understand working of self employed woman’s
association, and activities carried by its Academy
centre,
Its contribution to the society and especially for
woman employment.
By doing this project and visiting the self employed
woman’s association, and Academy center we can
understand that how can poor people or illiiterate
people can work and head of N.G.O. managed the
people in large number.

25. Data sources
Primary data
- Collected through personal visit & interview
of Mentor & woman
Secondary data
- Through broacher & website of NGO
Research methods
Exploratory Research

26. LimitationLimitation
Management are not willing to share internal
details
Can’t visit the work place of SEWA
Time constraint during the project was one of the
limitations because the college working hours and
NGO’s working hours are clash

27. Data collection Data collection
Personal Interview
Miss. Rahima medam
( Retired Secretory of SEWA trade facility centre ,
Laldarwaja )
Miss. Reema Kapoor
( Mentor, SEWA Academy, Ellisbridge )
Miss Subhra medam
(Mentor, SEWA trade facility centre ,
Laldarwaja )

28. Cases through net Cases through net
Hansaben is a trainer in SEWA’s production unit.
Having three children
She was a read made garment worker (stitched traditional
garments )
She was contacted by the SEWA organizers for a survey
being conducted to enable them to understand how to
provide sustainable income to traditional ready-made
garment
She was selected for the training program at NIFT
(National Institute of Fashion Technology) and received
intensive training in using state of the art technology in
stitching and finishing

29. Nowadays she can earn about Rs.3000 pm
As per her words
“ SEWA has made a tremendous change
in
my life, and now I am earning enough to
sustain my family and provide my
children with two square meals ”

30. FindingsFindings
SEWA motivates & helps unemployed women to be self reliable
SEWA provide full support in marketing of hand craft product.
SEWA doesn’t directly approach to the women but at the initial stage
its special research team collects information about that particular area
and women who are poor and unemployed.
According to findings of that survey SEWA decide to launch their
activities in that are.
This research carried by SEWA , using managerial
knowledge definitely helped women and they can get
maximum advantage of the activities carried by SEWA.

31. ConclusionConclusion
 The Task force and Trade Security Fund must
be formed keeping in mind the long term
implications of women’s participation in trade as
driving force for economic growth and development.
Linkages have to be established with private sector
and civil society organizations. Such partnerships
should address the needs of all the stakeholders
involved, thus creating a win-win situation for high
economic growth and development.

32. BibliographyBibliography
·Annual Report of SEWA
·Broacher of SEWA Academy
·www.sewa.org
·www.sewaacademy.org
·www.sewaresearch.org