{"id":1133,"date":"2026-03-27T09:33:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=1133"},"modified":"2026-06-18T06:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:51:43","slug":"atmanirbhar-bharat_-lessons-from-women-owned-cooperatives","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/publication\/atmanirbhar-bharat_-lessons-from-women-owned-cooperatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Atmanirbhar Bharat | Lessons from Women-owned Cooperatives in COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Atmanirbhar Bharat: Lessons from Women-Owned Cooperatives<\/em>\u00a0captures the experiences of women-led cooperatives across India during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights their role in supporting members through one of the most challenging periods in recent history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing together voices from grassroots leaders, cooperative practitioners, and public institutions, the publication documents the challenges of market access, working capital shortages, digital exclusion, and livelihood disruptions faced by women workers. At the same time, it showcases the resilience of cooperatives that adapted their enterprises, provided relief, supported members, and sustained local economies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The note concludes with recommendations on finance, market linkages, digital inclusion, social security, and partnerships to strengthen women-owned cooperatives as engines of inclusive and resilient economic recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-0b5a8419 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Atmanirbhar-Bharat_-Lessons-from-Women-owned-Cooperatives.pdf\" style=\"background-color:#114056;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;text-transform:uppercase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the Pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atmanirbhar Bharat: Lessons from Women-Owned Cooperatives\u00a0captures the experiences of women-led cooperatives across India during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights their role in supporting members through one of the most challenging periods in recent history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1135,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"publication-category":[25],"class_list":["post-1133","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","publication-category-policy-briefs-recommendations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/1133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publication"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/1133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36902,"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/1133\/revisions\/36902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication-category?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}