SEWA Cooperative Federation Knowledge Hub

SEWA Cooperative Federation generated learning and evidence to deepen understanding of women’s cooperatives in the informal economy. It includes long-term documentation, policy-facing outputs and communication products that capture learning from practice.

Use the Knowledge Hub to browse recent publications, explore different types of knowledge, or access foundational documents that trace how our work has developed over time.

Recommendations COVID-19 Impact on Informal Women Workers and their Cooperatives

The impact of the COVID crisis has been severe for workers in India’s informal sector, which constitutes 90%of the labor force.

Recommendation Ministry of MSME Udyam Registration

Women’scollectivesocial enterprisessupportedby theSelf-EmployedWomen’sAssociation, SEWA, seegovernment linkagesasacrucialwayofgrowingtheirbusinessesandproviding livelihoods towomenworkersof the informal economy.

Recommendation_ICAAP_Inclusion of Youth

Cooperatives have been a vehicle for enabling workforce participation of informal women workers, in the experience of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Cooperative Federation.

Policy Brief_Rebuilding an Inclusive World in the Wake of the Pandemic_

The SEWA Cooperative Federation, Women in Informal Employment Globalising and Organising (WIEGO) and the International Cooperative Alliance: Asia-Pacific (ICA-AP) organised a webinar on November 19th, 2021, titled Rebuilding an Inclusive World in the Wake 1 of the Pandemic: Women’s Cooperatives Lead the Way .

Policy Brief_Procurement Through Digital Platforms

Procurement policies, both public and private, can play a significant role in determining inclusive market participation, particularly for informal women workers and their collective enterprises.

Policy Brief_Bridging Working Capital for Women Collective Enterprises

There is an INR 1.37 trillion (USD 16.67 billion) unmet finance need for women-owned Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (wMSMEs) in India, as per a recent study by the International Finance Corporation.

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