INTRODUCTION
Women in the informal economy have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic due to a variety of factors, including the increased burden of care work, loss of livelihoods and continuing economic uncertainty.
In this context, the webinar titled ‘Rebuilding an Inclusive World in the Wake of the Pandemic: Women Cooperatives Lead the Way’was hosted by SEWA Cooperative Federation, WIEGO and the International Cooperative Alliance-Asia-and-Pacific (ICA-AP) in honour of Cooperative Week in India.The webinar was an opportunity for women cooperators, practitioners and thought-leaders from the social and solidarity economy to come together, understandand brainstorm solutions to the challenges faced by women in the informal economy during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lock downs that had serious impact on informal workers world wide over the past two years
