The SEWA Tree - A Women's Support Network

Vendor Cooperatives:
Kerosene vendors
Vegetable suppliers
Fish vendors

Artisans Cooperatives:
Weavers
Bamboo workers
Block printers
Patchworkers
Embroiderers

Service Cooperatives:
Child care providers
Industrial cleaners
Wastepaper collectors
Community health workers

Land and Animal Coops:
Wasteland and agro-forestory
Diary
Treegrowers

  • Markets
  • Raw materials
  • Skills and Management
  • Training
  • Contracts
Cooperatives
The SEWA Tree
A Women's Support Network









  • Social Security
  • Implementation & enforcement
  • Protective Legislation
  • Policy Support
Group rallies
Establishing employer-employee nexus
Negotiations
Lobbying
Social security
Protests
Identity cards
Count cases

Trade Groups
Garment stitchers
Bidi rollers
Head loaders
Cart pullers
Used garment dealers
Vendors
Domestic workers
Incense workers
Scrap collectors
Construction workers
Papad rollers
Carpenters
Smiths
Agricultural Labourers
Tobacco processors
Fuel traders

Union
 
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Bank
  • Savings
  • Credit
  • Life insurance
  • Mortgage recovery and asset titles
The joint action of union and cooperatives, in conjunction with supportive services, results in a network which can increase employment options and raise wages.
Services
Video SEWA
Community health service
SEWA Polytechnic
Maternity protection scheme
  • Child care
  • Training
  • Communications
  • Legal Aid


Source: Adapted from Kalima Rose, "Where Women are Leaders"
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Hari Srinivas - hsrinivas@gdrc.org
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