SEWA Bharat

Founded in 1984, SEWA Bharat is a non-profit network based in New Delhi, India working on employment & skills, gender equality, health +1 more.

SEWA Bharat is a non-profit federation of women-led member institutions in India, part of the wider Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) movement. It supports women working in the informal economy, a group that includes self-employed workers, artisans, milk producers, farmers and micro-entrepreneurs. Its work covers organising and grassroots leadership, collective enterprises and cooperatives, financial inclusion, skill development, social security and health, and land and housing rights. SEWA Bharat directly supports member institutions in eight states, including Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Bihar, and links SEWA institutions across India for knowledge exchange and resource sharing. It is based in New Delhi and also advocates for informal women workers' rights and interests at national and state policy levels. It was established in 1984 and is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and as a public trust under the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950.