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Digital and Financial Inclusion of Women in the Informal Sector: An Exploration
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.
Impact of Access to Smartphones for Women in the Informal Sector
This report traces the impact of increased smartphone access for women microentrepreneurs across multiple sites in India.
Vulnerabilities in a Crisis: Making a Case for Resource Infusion into Communities
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.
You Can Bank on Me
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.
Women and Credit
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.