Case Studies
SEWA Women highlight their lives and stories. Our grassroots women take on the mantle of leadership and fit well into self-selected positions of responsibility, to become advocates and grassroots champions for the women around them. It is the work and lives of our women that make the SEWA Sangathan the force it has been since 1984. Read on for a few stories from our communities.
One-woman army in Savda Ghevra
Like others who were relocated to the remotely located resettlement colony of Savda Ghevra, Sudhma struggled to build a permanent shelter for her family and seek basic infrastructure services like water, sanitation and electricity.
Improved infrastructure service delivery in Patna
The colossal drain in Nehru Nagar, Patna was full of garbage and had overflowed on multiple occasions causing a sanitation nuisance as well as accidents, including the death of a child who fell in it.
Drainage and Road Construction in Mubarakpur, Patna
Improper drainage systems and damaged roads in Mubarakpur lead to perpetual waterlogging, creating adverse conditions for working women. “What will change this time?” was a question, field mobiliser Pushpa was confronted with upon her arrival in Mubarakpur a few years ago.
Two for one: Strengthening land tenure Security in Patna
In November 2020, as the nation suffered from the pandemic and the economic shock, two blocks of Nehru Nagar, Patna received warnings of impending penalties if they continued to access electricity illegally.
Hopeful in the Face of Adversity
“I don’t share personal details with just anybody,” said Gunja Kumari Ben, a resident of Bhagalpur, Bihar, as she was approached for a conversation. But when we came to know that she was being approached by SEWA Bharat, Gunja Ben visibly let go of some of her inhibitions.
Breaking Glass Ceilings
Kripa ben was married off at an early age in a conservative family. She stays with her in-laws, husband, and a five-year-old daughter in a rented house on the outskirts of Farukh Nagar, Haryana. As the norms didn’t allow Kripa ben to work outside the home, the entire family was financially dependent on her husband’s earnings, who worked as a driver.