Self Employed Womens Training Association

SEWA is a cooperative formed by 46,000 poor, self-employed women in the state of Gujarat. The organization helps women obtain minimum wages and strengthens their position in their own families by making them income-earning contributors. The current project involves training of daughters of seamstresses in the traditional craft of patchwork and assisting them to market their products. SEWA has set up a cooperative center in the village of Kadi, 50 miles away from Ahmedabad. This work place is serving 200 women.