Region: Asia & the Pacific

National Consultation on Universal Health Care in India

• August 20, 2018 - August 21, 2018

The National Consultation on Universal Health Care (UHC) in India took place in New Delhi in August 2018. The workshop was organized by SEWA...

UN HLP Consultation: Women’s Voices from the Informal Economy at SEWA

• August 4, 2016 - August 5, 2016
• Ahmedabad, India

The consultation “Women’s Voices from the Informal Economy” brought together members of the Self-Employed Women’s Association...

Panel on Women’s Economic and Social Rights in India

• December 22, 2016
• New Delhi, India

New Delhi, India The Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI) organized the panel “Women’s Economic and Social Rights in India:...

Celebrating Home-Based Workers

• March 20, 2016
• Ahmedabad, India

Twenty Years and Time for Action Event Celebrating Home-Based Workers, an international event in March 2016, was organized by HomeNet South...

Street Vendor Exchange: NYC and Bangkok

• February 15, 2018

Bangkok, Thailand

In times of crisis, grassroots organizations re-imagine democratic practice

Democratic norms are under threat worldwide. Informal workers and other marginalized groups are witnessing the reversal of hard-fought wins...

En temps de crise, les organisations de base réinventent la pratique démocratique

Aux quatre coins du monde, les normes démocratiques sont menacées et les conséquences à long terme s’annoncent graves. Les travailleuses...

Global Movement of Home-Based Workers

History of this Movement Home-based workers approached SEWA. We realized that many ’housewives’ are workers, but are invisible – even for...

OHS in India

OHS Project in India In India, the OHS project worked in two cities. In Ahmedabad, Gujurat, WIEGO supported the work of the Self-Employed...

Labour at Informal Economy (LIE)

Labour at Informal Economy (LIE) is a membership-based organization that represents 2,865 workers who work as street vendors, waste pickers,...