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.

Browse recent publications, explore different types of knowledge, or access key documents that trace how this work has developed.

Filter

Advancing Cooperation Among Women Workers in the Informal Economy | The SEWA Way | A Report by ILO

The report also examines the challenges faced by women’s cooperatives, the role of the Gujarat State Women’s SEWA Cooperative Federation in nurturing them, and key lessons for adapting and replicating similar models worldwide.

Empowering Grassroots Women Leaders | Our Fellowship | A Report on Cohort 1

Empowering Grassroots Women Leaders: Learning Journey Report of Cohort 1 documents the first year of SEWA Cooperative Federation’s pioneering fellowship programme for grassroots women leaders from collective enterprises and cooperatives.

Rural Communication Services for Family Farming in Asia and the Pacific | A Report by FAO

This report underscores the importance of farmer-centred communication systems, digital literacy, and participatory technology design in building more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agricultural communities.

Youth Inclusion in Cooperatives | Srujan Pre-Cooperative | A Case Study

This case study documents SEWA Cooperative Federation’s efforts to bring urban young women into the cooperative movement through the Srujan Programme, an incubation initiative launched in Ahmedabad in 2022.

Workspace Mapping | Vol. 1 | Mapping Vulnerabilities of Women Artisans During Extreme Heat

This research explores how climate change, particularly extreme heat, is affecting the livelihoods of informal women artisans whose homes double as workplaces.

Farmers Mapping | A Study in Tapi, Gujarat

This report is a comprehensive farmer study, in Tapi district, where SEWA Federation’s member cooperative - The Tapi District Megha Adivasi Mahila Agriculture Producers’ Cooperative (Megha Mandali) - operates