SEWA Cooperative Federation

It is a women-led federation building informal women workers’ economic power through cooperatives

“Mera darr nikal gaya… I feel confident”

(Veenaben, Sabar Arth)

Building the Next Generation of Women Leaders in Informal Economy

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What We Do

Our work takes shape across several areas. Explore the sections below to see how we work with informal women worker-led and managed collectives.

Capacity Building

We strengthen the leadership and governance of informal women workers’ cooperatives through continuous learning…

Fellowship

Our fellowship is a year-long* leadership journey for elected leaders of informal women workers’ collectives..

Market Linkages

We work with women’s collectives to strengthen how they engage with markets—locally and beyond…

Policy Advocacy

Our policy work grows from decades of practice with women’s cooperatives. We bring collective experiences…

Cooperative Development

We work with informal women workers to form, sustain, strengthen, and renew cooperatives over time…

Our Sectors of Work

SEWA Cooperative Federation brings together informal women workers’ cooperatives across diverse forms of informal work.

Our Key Focus Areas

Our key focus areas guide how we learn, adapt, and respond to the changing world of informal women workers.

Financial Sustainability

SEWA Cooperative Federation examines how women’s cooperatives remain viable over time—balancing enterprise needs with member security amid changing markets, costs, and financial systems.

Innovation

At SEWA Cooperative Federation, innovation grows from cooperative practice—where women workers reorganise work, markets, and tools to respond to local constraints and changing realities.

Inclusive Digitalisation

SEWA Cooperative Federation examines how women’s cooperatives remain viable over time—balancing enterprise needs with member security amid changing markets, costs, and financial systems.

Youth Inclusion

SEWA Cooperative Federation is rethinking how cooperatives open up to younger women—testing new pathways for entry, voice, and leadership within collective enterprises.

Climate Change

Climate disruption is already shaping how women work and earn. We focus on what helps cooperatives adapt while protecting health, income and dignity.

Our Reach & Continuity

At SEWA Cooperative Federation, some of what we do can be counted. Much of it unfolds over time.

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Worker Cooperatives Supported

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These numbers reflect scale and continuity across decades.

Featured Knowledge

SEWA Cooperative Federation’s knowledge emerges from three decades of practice, institutional experience, collaborative advocacy and long-term reflection with informal women workers’ cooperatives.

Our Journey

SEWA Cooperative Federation brings together informal women workers’ cooperatives across diverse forms of informal work.

1994

Foundation & Vision (Early Years)

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2005

Amazon Prime debuts

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2008

Amazon acquires Audible

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Voices of Informality

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John Doe

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John Doe

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John Doe

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