Essays about: "SEWA"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word SEWA.

1. 1. ‘So long as our SEWA is with us, we can win any fight’ - A social movement organisation’s framing of the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on informal women workers in India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Josefine Nilsson; [2022]
   Keywords : COVID-19; Crisis; Civil Society; Women Informal Workers; SEWA; Social Movement Framing; India; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives and created wide-reaching impacts. Societies worldwide have confronted the crisis with grassroots mobilisation and social resilience. Civil society uncovers injustices by actively participating in the local decentralised pandemic response. READ MORE

3. 2. Empowerment in the Garment Industry : A Study on Home-Based Workers in Delhi, India

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Charlotte Hellström; [2020]
   Keywords : Empowerment; global garment industry; home-based work; SEWA;

   Abstract : India is becoming one of the biggest garment producers in the world and at the bottom of the industry women can often be found working from their homes because of norms restricting them what to do and where to go. These women often work under middlemen who take advantage of their disempowerment. READ MORE

4. 3. Opportunities for the Jatuwa community biogas plant : An energy demand survey and a field site examinationMinor Field Study

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Axel Öhman; Bill Edwall; [2018]
   Keywords : Biogas; energy demand; sustainable technology; Biogas; energibehov; hållbar energi;

   Abstract : De klimatförändringar som idag orsakar allt större problem för länder i Himalayaregionen har ökat beslutsfattares medvetenhet kring konsekvenserna som de ökande temperaturerna för med sig. När människor konsumerar energi från fossila bränslekällor ökar koncentrationen av bland annat koldioxid i atmosfären vilket bidrar till den växthuseffekt som sakta värmer upp jordens klimat. READ MORE

5. 4. Discourse Democracy and Labour Relations : A case study of social dialogue and the socio-economic situation of informal workers in Gujarat, India

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Evelina Rask; [2018]
   Keywords : Discourse Democracy; Labour Relations; Informal Labour; Human Rights; Workers Rights; Recognition; Social and Economic Welfare;

   Abstract : This thesis firstly explores the process and effects of social dialogue in the context of informal home-based workers in Gujarat, India, and secondly the applicability of Dryzek’s theory of discourse democracy on this case study. In doing this, the study investigates the potential of social dialogue and discourse democracy to work as instruments for improving the social and economic situation of the workers. READ MORE

6. 5. Basic Income: A Comparative Study of Brazil and India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Aisha Hassan; [2016]
   Keywords : Basic Income; Brazil; India; Comparative Study; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Do we know enough about Basic Income (BI) to support or discharge it? In this paper, two studies on the subject are reviewed in order to answer this question. One is the pilot study of Unconditional Basic Income in rural India (conducted by SEWA and UNICEF in 2011-2013) and the other is the Bolsa Escola/ Bolsa Familia program that was launched in Brazil in 1995 and is still ongoing. READ MORE