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... > social science subjects > sociology > gender and sexuality > gender and society > key organizations in gender and society > Self-Employed Women's Association

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Self-Employed Women's Association  

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  • The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) is a trade union based in India of women who work informally (outside of a traditional employer-employee relationship). SEWA was founded in 1972 by Ela Bhatt and a small group of women whose unique needs as poor, female, informal textile workers were not being met by conventional labor unions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Self-Employed Women's Association]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JTTNKGGC-6

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