{"id":1139,"date":"2026-03-27T09:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=1139"},"modified":"2026-06-18T06:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:49:04","slug":"policy-brief_bridging-working-capital-for-women-collective-enterprises","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/publication\/policy-brief_bridging-working-capital-for-women-collective-enterprises\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridging Working Capital for Women Collective Enterprises | A Policy Brief on WESS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Bridging Working Capital for Women Collective Enterprises<\/em>\u00a0examines the persistent financing challenges faced by women-led cooperatives and collective enterprises, particularly in accessing timely and affordable working capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drawing on research by SEWA Cooperative Federation and MicroSave Consulting, as well as insights from government agencies, financial institutions, and civil society organisations, the policy brief highlights the role of \u201cBridge Institutions\u201d in connecting enterprises to patient capital, financial services, and business support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It argues that credit alone is insufficient and calls for integrated support systems that combine finance, capacity building, market linkages, and long-term handholding to help women\u2019s collective enterprises grow sustainably and strengthen their economic resilience.<\/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\/Policy-Brief_Bridging-Working-Capital-for-Women-Collective-Enterprises-1.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>Bridging Working Capital for Women Collective Enterprises\u00a0examines the persistent financing challenges faced by women-led cooperatives and collective enterprises, particularly in accessing timely and affordable working capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1141,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"publication-category":[25],"class_list":["post-1139","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\/1139","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36900,"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/1139\/revisions\/36900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sewafederation.org\/gj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication-category?post=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}