SEWA Bharat (All India Federation of Self-Employed Women's Association)

Empowers women in the informal economy through collective action, enhancing livelihoods, advocating rights, and fostering self-reliance.

  • Bronze Certified 2023
  • FCRA
  • 80G
  • 12A
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Financials

  • 2020

    Total Income
    Rs.185,886,331
    Total Expenses
    Rs.178,620,670
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.13,375,142
    Program Expenses
    Rs.165,245,528
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  • 2021

    Total Income
    Rs.158,362,268
    Total Expenses
    Rs.210,928,278
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.14,329,731
    Program Expenses
    Rs.216,884,174
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  • 2022

    Total Income
    Rs.387,234,958
    Total Expenses
    Rs.320,658,127
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.43,050,065
    Program Expenses
    Rs.277,608,062
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  • 2023

    Total Income
    Rs.413,250,859
    Total Expenses
    Rs.293,584,626
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.55,422,869
    Program Expenses
    Rs.238,161,757
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  • 2024

    Total Income
    Rs.258,148,286
    Total Expenses
    Rs.233,398,790
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Geographies Served

Programs

  • Livelihoods & Entrepreneurship Programme

    SEWA Bharat focuses on empowering informal women workers through livelihoods and entrepreneurship. It addresses the economic disparities faced by women, promotes microfinance for women and strives for gender equity in agriculture and cooperatives. By supporting income-generating activities and entrepreneurship, SEWA transforms women's positions within households and communities. It promotes microentrepreneurship, collective social enterprises, and provides a Women's Enterprise Support System to facilitate women's financial sustainability and business development.

  • Digital Interventions Programme

    SEWA Bharat's digital interventions aim to empower informal women workers by leveraging technological innovations. Recognizing the inequity in accessing digital technology, SEWA works to bridge the gap and ensure inclusive participation. Its approach focuses on equalizing access to digital assets, promoting literacy in digital tools and finance, and supporting digital business pilots. Digital technology enables financial inclusion, providing simplified access to credit, digital payments, and alternative financing. It also boosts livelihoods by creating new job roles, connecting microentrepreneurs with online marketplaces, and skilling women with digital tools. Additionally, digital platforms amplify the voices of grassroots women, facilitate the digitization of enterprises, and serve as essential response mechanisms during crises. SEWA Bharat strives to create a more inclusive and equal digital world for informal women workers.

  • Skill Development Programme

    SEWA Bharat's skill development programme empowers women by addressing economic participation and skill enhancement. It goes beyond technical skills, focusing on personality development and awareness of the competitive environment. With market-driven training programmes and online adaptations, it offers livelihood opportunities in sectors like retail, hospitality, livestock rearing, and e-rickshaw driving. By promoting sustainable options and breaking traditional norms, SEWA Bharat transforms women, making them confident, self-reliant decision-makers in their families and communities.

  • Land Titles & Ownership Programme

    SEWA Bharat's programme on land title and ownership aims to empower informal women workers by strengthening their land ownership and tenure. Informal settlements often lack infrastructure and have insecure land tenure, affecting living conditions. SEWA Bharat's approach includes capacity building, awareness raising, community mobilization, Government liaisoning, and advocacy. It works to improve awareness of infrastructure services, enhance tenure security, and facilitate access to formal finance. Projects like Zamini Adhikar Abhiyan and the Roadmap to Tenure Security focus on empowering women and creating sustainable livelihoods. SEWA Bharat's efforts uplift women and advocate for better policies and tenure security.

  • Financial Inclusion Programme

    SEWA Bharat's financial inclusion programme aims to empower informal women workers, providing them with financial independence. These women often rely on informal finance sources, which come with high-interest rates and risks. SEWA Bharat's approach includes financial literacy training and the establishment of credit cooperatives. Financial literacy workshops enhance women's financial decision-making skills and promote saving habits. The Mahila SEWA Credit Cooperative allows women to invest and grow their assets within the institution, providing access to credit and necessary financial guidance. Doorstep banking services ensure convenience and fair interest rates, protecting women from exploitation by private moneylenders. SEWA Bharat's efforts enable women to save, invest, and protect their earnings, paving the way towards financial independence.

Impact Metrics

  • Skill Building, Education and Vocational Training to Girls and Women

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2015-16 10000
    • 2016-17 1500
    • 2018-19 2500

Leadership Team

  • Ankita Upreti

    Vice - President

  • Dinesh Kothari

    Head - Finance & Accounts

  • Surbhi Singh

    Head - HR & Administration

  • Sanjana Mohanty

    Lead – Programme Manager & Advocacy

Demographics & Structure

  • Organisation Strength

    None

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AACTS0729C

  • Registration Number

    GUJ/1027/Ahmedabad

  • CSR Form 1

    Not Available

  • 80G

    AACTS0729CF20214

  • 12A

    AACTS0729CE20214

  • FCRA

    041910128

About

  • Headquarters

    New Delhi, Delhi

  • Since

    1972

Impact

SEWA Bharat has made an impact by empowering chosen enterprises, achieving a remarkable 3X average revenue growth, positively impacting 165,000 women, providing digital platform skills to 20 women, conducting 20 online training sessions, connecting 16,000 women to e-marketplaces, raising awareness on land rights and associated issues for 22,000 women, increasing access to improved infrastructure facilities for 500 women, strengthening tenure for 150 women, granting access to housing and livelihood finance for 4,816 women, reaching 11,133 women with credit and finance, and disbursing a substantial amount of 25 crores as loans through the SEWA institutional credit system.

Vision and Mission

SEWA Bharat's mission is to strengthen the movement of women in the informal economy by highlighting their issues nationally and building member organizations' capacity to empower women workers, with the vision of achieving full employment and self-reliance for its members.

Political & Religious Declarations

  • Political Affiliation

  • Religious Affiliation

Location

  • Headquarters

    SEWA Bharat 7/5, First Floor, South Patel Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi

    Directions
  • Offices in Cities

Other Details

  • Type

    Non-profit

  • Sub Type

    Society

Technology Adoption

  • SOC 2 Compliant

    No

  • Financial Management

  • Beneficiary Management