The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) is widely known as an urban labor movement that has done yeoman service to organize poor, self-employed women and help them achieve self-reliance. Today, SEWA has more than 220,000 members and has set up 16 organizations, including the SEWA Bank. What is not so well known, however, is SEWA's work in the sphere of rural development. Indeed, three-quarters of its members live in rural areas. This absorbing book ...
