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Women and Credit
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Women and Credit

By Hiya|2023-10-16T06:41:05+00:00September 30, 2023|Research, WWD-Research-Micro Entrepreneurship|

SEWA Bharat partnered with MSC to research women entrepreneurs’ credit journeys and experiences. The report “Women and Credit: Access to Credit for Micro and Small Female Entrepreneurs in India” delves into micro and small women entrepreneurs’ credit journey and explores demand and supply-side factors. The study shares insights on credit requirements, experiences, challenges, and key credit success determinants for individual and collective women-led enterprises. It also shares the supply-side experiences of bankers and other organizations and some good practices supply-side stakeholders implement to mitigate and distribute credit risk.

You Can Bank on Me
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You Can Bank on Me

By Hiya|2023-07-09T16:19:24+00:00July 4, 2023|Research, Collective Social Enterprises|

This report aims to capture the far-reaching impacts of the Delhi Credit Cooperative (DCC), an enterprise owned and managed by SEWA members in Delhi.

Vulnerabilities in a Crisis: Making a Case for Resource Infusion into Communities
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Vulnerabilities in a Crisis: Making a Case for Resource Infusion into Communities

By Hiya|2023-05-20T20:35:26+00:00May 19, 2023|Research, COVID-19|

In this study, we have examined the impact of targeted conditional and unconditional cash transfers on the lives of women who received them to see if cash transfers proved effective in alleviating the misery women were going through during COVID-19.

Impact of Access to Smartphones for Women in the Informal Sector
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Impact of Access to Smartphones for Women in the Informal Sector

By Hiya|2023-07-09T15:42:28+00:00May 19, 2023|Research, WWD-Research-Micro Entrepreneurship|

This report traces the impact of increased smartphone access for women microentrepreneurs across multiple sites in India.

Digital and Financial Inclusion of Women in the Informal Sector: An Exploration
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Digital and Financial Inclusion of Women in the Informal Sector: An Exploration

By Hiya|2023-05-20T06:49:37+00:00May 18, 2023|Research, WWD-Research-Micro Entrepreneurship|

This study is an attempt to understand how women in the informal sector are located with respect to accessing financial services, insurance and digital tools.

Community Health In the Time of Corona
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Community Health In the Time of Corona

By Sewa_Admin|2023-05-12T05:26:37+00:00October 12, 2021|COVID-19, Research, WWD-Research-Grassroots Leadership|

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown had given way to an acute sense of uncertainty and vulnerability; especially amongst informal sector workers. Informal sector workers in both urban and rural communities lack job security and social security and this had worsened due to the lockdown with many workers losing their jobs.

Valuing Informality: Implications for Policy and Research
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Valuing Informality: Implications for Policy and Research

By Sewa_Admin|2022-02-14T11:21:21+00:00September 16, 2021|Organizing & Leadership, Research, WWD-Research-organising and advocacy|

Valuing informal work from policy perspective

Nurturing Finance
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Nurturing Finance

By Sewa_Admin|2022-12-08T07:53:54+00:00September 16, 2021|Organizing & Leadership, Research, WWD-Research-financial inclusion|

SEWA has long recognised the positive role that technology can play to empower women in the informal economy.

Last Mile Model
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Last Mile Model

By Sewa_Admin|2022-12-08T07:56:00+00:00September 16, 2021|Organizing & Leadership, Research, WWD-Research-Grassroots Leadership|

How can communities become more participatory in their own governance and thereby bridge the gap between the State and market on one hand and vulnerable populations on the other?