SEWA Gujarat
SEWA Gujarat was founded by Smt. Ela Bhatt and registered as a trade union in 1972 in Ahmedabad. For the last three decades it has been trying to organise women workers engaged in various trades in the informal economy in order to integrate their work in the national economy. SEWA’s experience in organising and capacity building has thus helped it to identify various socio-economic factors and market and labour conditions that can be turned around in women workers’ favour. Its collective strength gives the organisation the bargaining power to achieve this goal. For more information on SEWA Gujarat, you can learn more at www.sewa.org
Membership: 5,51,764
Contact Information:
Pratibha Ben
SEWA Reception Centre, Opposite Victoria Garden
Bhadra, Ahmedabad 380001
Phone: 079 –2 5511430, 25507365, 25506477, and 25506444
Fax: 079 – 5506446; Email: mail@sewa.org
SEWA Madhya Pradesh
SEWA Madhya Pradesh was formally established in Indore as a trade union in 1985. At first SEWA worked towards organising bidi workers in the city and make them aware of their rights. After 1992, this activity spread to other cities and covered women in other activities as well. In the last 18 years SEWA MP has organised more than 100,000 workers in the state.
Membership: 5,12,267
Members’ Activities: The major activities of the members are Bidi making, aggarbatti making, stitching, tendu patta collection and as labourers in agriculture and construction.
Contact Information:
Shikha ben,
96-B, Vaishali Nagar,
Annapurna Road,
Indore 452009
Madhya Pradesh
Phone (0731) 2483150 and 2796288;
Email: mssn@sancharnet.in
SEWA Chattarpur
Chattarpur is a very backward region of MP. In the year 2002 –2003 SEWA Chattarpur united 3000 women labourers with the organisation. Most of them were working as bidi makers, agarbatti makers, tailors, brick maker’s fruit and vegetable vendors and in the fields. Through various activities SEWA Chattarpur is trying to strengthen its members and increase their awareness of welfare facilities.
Membership: 800
Contact Information:
Rama Ben
SEWA Chattarpur,
DEri Road,NEar Jyoti School
Chattarpur- 471001
Phone: (07682) 244117 and 247879
SEWA in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow Mahila SEWA Trust
Started under the aegis of SEWA Ahmedabad in 1988, the Lucknow Mahila SEWA Trust was formally established as a trust in 1992. It was the first trade union for women in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Since then it has been working in the Barabanki districts of Uttar Pradesh and has played a crucial role in empowering women artisans engaged in chikan and zardozi work. Women engaged in these activities form a major component of the membership of Lucknow SEWA Mahila Trust.
Membership: 25,500
Members’ activities: Zardosi, chikan, appliqué, mukesh, kundan, knitting, ready –made garments, food processing, crochet work, lace work, agarbatti making, beedi rolling, papad making, imitation jewellery, street vendors and hawkers, basket making, paper bag making, agriculture, construction workers etc .
Contact Information:
Farida Ben
3/93, Vikas Nagar
Lucknow
Phone: (0522) 2769472;
Email: lmst@rediffmail.com
SEWA in Bihar
SEWA Bihar got registered on 24th august 2007.
SEWA Bhagalpur
SEWA Bhagalpur, has its area of operation in Bhagalpur and Banka. The sole motto of the organisation is to instigate the views of empowerment, organisation, skill training and self-dependency among women based on the principles of Gandhian Philosophy. The organisation operates with the vision of self-reliance and total development of women of the area by forming Self-Help-Groups (SHG's). Late Sh. Kedar Prasad Chaurasia started SEWA Bhagalpur (Self Employed Women's Association) in 1983. In last 22 years Sewa has worked and continued its activities among women as one of the largest women's organisation in the state of Bihar and has established its credentials at the national level as well. From time to time, this organisation has raised issues related to problems and demands of working women of this area.
Membership: 10,000
Members’ activities: The membership comprises vendors and home based workers involved in tassar, bidi and papad.
Contact Information:
Madhuri Ben
Kajwali chowk,
Bhagalpur
Bihar
Phone: 0641- 2620404
Major Activities Undertaken in 2007
SEWA Munger
SEWA Munger has been working with unorganised women for the last twenty years in Munger District, Bihar. With the help of SEWA Bharat, SEWA Munger has been particularly active in the blocks of Munger Sadar, Bariyarpur and Haveli Kharagpur; this area is highly associated with the ITC factory in Munger. Many of our members are also from the Tetiya Bumber block. Membership: 3,400
Members’ Activities:
Members are engaged in diverse trades including making bamboo utensils, leaf plates, bidis, save ropes, pappads and aggarbattis, tendu patta plucking, clay pottery and vegetable vending.
Contact Information:
Nutan Singh
Shanti Kutir,
Opposite Durgasthan,
Bekapur,
Munger 811201
Bihar
Phone: (06344) 222206
Email- sewa.munger@gmail.com
Major Activities Undertaken in 2007
SEWA Kerala
SEWA Kerala was formed in order to help the women of marginalized communities in the state find some sort of livelihood to sustain their families financially. SEWA has been successful in identifying various traditional activities, which these women can pursue in order to achieve self-reliance and social esteem. The members belong to both the inland and coastal areas of Thiruvananthapuram district, the Kranthi Mahila Samajam, Anchuthengu,Harijan Mahila Samajam, Mudanchira, Vanitha Kendram and Pulluvela.
Membership: 675
Contact Information:
Sonia Ben
Krad – 51 Murli,
Kuctiravamani Road,
Kunnumpuram,
Trivendram
Phone: (0471) 2470167 / 2476734;
Email: sewakerela@sify.com
SEWA Delhi
SEWA Delhi started in the year 1999 in Jehangir Puri and has now expanded its operations to include Raghuvir Nagar,Sunder nagari,Rajiv Nagar and Anand Vihar areas also.
Membership: 13,570
Members’ Activities
A large proportion of the members are street vendors, the rest being involved in home based work like bindi marking, tailoring etc.
Contact Information:
7/5, first floor,
South Patel Nagar,
New Delhi 110008
Phone: (011) 25840937 / 25841369 / 45009369
Fax: (011) 25840937
Email: mail@sewabharat.org
Major Activities Undertaken in 2007
SEWA Rajasthan
Bikaner is a heritage city in the popular tourist state of Rajasthan. It has long been known for its papad industry throughout the country. Other home-based trades pursued by women in Bikaner include badi and wool making. Despite the economic prosperity associated with these trades, however, the position of women engaged in this work continues to be financially and socially weak and vulnerable.
SEWA Bharat commenced its activities in Bikaner by conducting a study of home-based workers in the city. Both this study and another survey that SEWA Bharat undertook with the help of the Central Labour Ministry revealed the poor social and economic condition of women workers in the papad industry. Since then SEWA Bharat has been actively engaged in highlighting the problems of these women and ameliorating their condition. It has undertaken various activities in 2003 such as micro finance, literacy classes, micro enterprise.
Membership: 2994
Members’ activities
Most of our members in this city are home-based workers involved in pappad making for a living
Contact Information:
Seema Ben,
Talwara Jhill House
Opposite M.S. Girls Hostel
Gajner Road
Bikaner-334001
Phone No. - 0151 - 2520010
Major Activities Undertaken in 2007
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