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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. 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

5. 4. Breaking the Vicious Circle of Poverty

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Petra Bergquist; [2009]
   Keywords : India; Gujarat; SEWA; microfinance; poverty; development; gender; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : During the last decade microfinance has become the latest trend in the development discourse, celebrated for empowering poor women to work their way out of poverty. Self-Employed Women’s Associations, SEWA, was alongside Grameen Bank one of the pioneers in the microfinance sector and has developed an integrated approach based on the life cycle needs of the members that is assumed to help them break the vicious circle of poverty. READ MORE

6. 5. Struggle and Development : Approaching gender bias in practical international development work

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Samhällsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Anna-Maria Lind; [2007]
   Keywords : Gender; International Development; Informal Sector; Women Empowerment;

   Abstract : Since the Beijing Conference on women in 1995 ‘gender-mainstreaming’ has been the new buzz word within the international development regime. Gender equality is increasingly believed to be a major determinant for socioeconomic development in the Global South. READ MORE