Empowerment of Rural Women

Be a Member of SEWA (SELF EMPLOYED WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION)

Organising in Rural Areas

The basis of obtaining higher wages is the capacity and power to bargain. However, the workers in the villages of Bihar have neither this capacity nor the power, because they are weak and vulnerable due to absolute lack of employment. In a situation where there is an unending supply of labour and no employment, the workers are unable to get any wage , not to talk of obtaining higher wages.

If workers are to empower themselves and increase their bargaining power, the only viable strategy is one of increasing local employment opportunities. This is the strategy followed by SEWA for its rural members.

Rural organising has focused on:

Increasing employment opportunities for women and thus increasing women's bargaining power.

Developing women's assets.

Capacity-building and leadership development of rural women.

Providing food & social security

Becoming self-reliant both in economic terms and in terms of running their own economic organisations.

Ecoregeneration through employment for rural women.

Collaborating with government's rural development programmes.

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SELF EMPLOYED WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
Elaben Bhatt Founder of SEWA, First General Secretary
Bhanuben Danabhai Solanki President
Jyotiben Mecwan General Secretary
Namrataben Bali Treasurer

Address: SEWA Reception Centre , pp. Victoria Garden , Bhadra,
Ahmedabad - 380 001. Phone : 91-79-25506444, 25506477, 25506441
Fax : 91-79-25506446Email :mail@sewa.org

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Shri Sanjay Kumar
SEWA Bharat 7/5, 1st Floor,South Patel Nagar, NEW DELHI .Tel: 011- 25841369 / 25840937 mail@sewabharat.org


Ms. Madhuri Sinha
General Secretary, SEWA Bhagalpur, Press Building, Bhagalpur- 812002,
Tel: RES – 0641-2422404 sewabgp@sancharnet.in


Ms. Nutan Sinha
General Secretary, SEWA- Munger,Shram Bharti Khadigram, P.O. Khadigram, Munger- Bihar, Tel: 06344-2222206 sewa_munger@sancharnet.in