SEWA Cooperative Federation Knowledge Hub

SEWA Cooperative Federation documents and shares insights from working with women’s cooperatives across sectors. The Knowledge Hub brings together reports, policy briefs, studies, and media that reflect how cooperative enterprises function and evolve.

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Enabling Digital Inclusion for Women-Owned Collectives | Recommendations for GeM Portal

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.

New Cooperative Policy : Recommendations to Ministry of Cooperation

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.

Promoting and Supporting Women-Owned and Women-Managed Cooperatives in India: Recommendations to the Ministry of Cooperation

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.

The Delhi Declaration for Women Cooperators (2022)

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.

COVID-19 Impact on Informal Women Workers and their Cooperatives: Recommendations from SEWA Cooperative Federation

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

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.