The report also features SEWA Cooperative Federation’s Sangini Childcare Cooperative as an example of how community-rooted childcare services can support informal women workers while contributing to broader conversations on care, public investment, and social justice.

The note argues that strengthening digital public procurement systems can play an important role in expanding market access, enhancing women’s economic participation, and supporting the growth of collective enterprises.

Submitted to the National Cooperative Policy Committee, the note advocates for the recognition of women-led and worker-owned cooperatives as key drivers of economic and social development.

Recommendations to the Ministry of Cooperation presents SEWA Cooperative Federation’s vision for strengthening the cooperative sector through a stronger focus on women’s leadership, enterprise development, and social security.

Emerged from a national gathering of 100 women cooperators from 18 states, this policy statement, represents a collective commitment to building an enabling ecosystem where women’s cooperatives can thrive as democratic, economically viable, and socially transformative institutions.

This report documents the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on informal women workers and the collective enterprises they own and manage. Based on an assessment of SEWA’s member cooperatives across agriculture, handicrafts, services, health, and finance.

Enabling Digital Inclusion for Women-Owned Collectives: Recommendations for MSME Registration through the Udyam Portal examines how digital public infrastructure can better serve women-owned collective enterprises and cooperatives.

The publication calls for expanding cooperatives into emerging sectors including the digital and care economies, while emphasizing the importance of social protection, research, education, and public infrastructure in creating an enabling ecosystem for the next generation of cooperative leaders.

Drawing on research from India and international experiences (WIEGO) shared by women cooperators, the note documents how informal women workers faced a triple crisis of health, livelihoods, and unpaid care work.

This policy brief examines how women-owned collective enterprises engage with digital procurement and e-commerce platforms in India.