Through the Building Resilient Women Entrepreneurs program, USAID/India works with SEWA Bharat to enable women entrepreneurs and women-led cooperatives thrive and sustain themselves in a post-COVID-19 economy.
Microentrepreneurs Data Factsheet – 73rd Round of NSSO
A microenterprise is defined as an enterprise with a maximum investment of INR 1 crore and an annual turnover of up to INR 5 Crores. This has resulted in over 63 million enterprises being recorded in India in 2019, up from 13.3 million in 2008.
Through the Building Resilient Women Entrepreneurs activity, USAID/India works with SEWA Bharat to help women entrepreneurs and women-led cooperatives thrive and sustain themselves in a post-COVID-19 economy.
Evidence Review of COVID-19 and Women’s Informal Employment
The report reviewed the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on informal women workers. and initiated a call to support the most vulnerable in economic recovery.
Accelerating Women’s Economic Empowerment in India Event Report
The report is a product of a roundtable discussion between SEWA Bharat and International Innovations Corp addressed questions pertinent to women’s economic empowerment.
Employment Opportunities for Women in India’s Growing Financial Sector
This paper aims to identify the opportunities available for women in India’s financial sector, and the obstacles they face in accessing them, both from the demand and supply side.
In 2012-13, an universal basic income was tested in a pilot study carried out in a tribal village in Madhya Pradesh and it that the basic income induced a series of changes that added up to being transformational.
Clean City, Decent Work: An Inclusive and Innovative Solution for Managing Waste
This report aims to document the waste management challenges in Katihar district of Bihar, provide an overview of the SEWA model in response to these problems faced.
The Challenges of Maintaining Hygeine in Rural Bihar
Given widespread insecurities in water, latrine, and bathroom access, a study was conducted to understand how these insecurities effect personal hygiene practices of poor women and girls in rural areas of Bihar.
Shram Jeevani- Women in the Informal Economy in Bihar
The report was a cumulative approach to understand and recommend a decentralized approach to uplift and recognize the contribution and issues of women in informal labor.