An Empire for Poor Working Women, Guided by a Ghandian Approach

An Empire for Poor Working Women, Guided by a Ghandian Approach

Ela R. Bhatt, Ramon Magsaysay Award, Community Leadership, SEWA, empire of women-run Ghandian style cooperatives, Ahmedabad, India, India's first women's bank, Self-Employed Women's Association, profit-making firms, microfinance organizations, union for textile workers

An article published by New York Times on how SEWA evolved from a small and simple cooperative of women into a formidable empire of women-run, Ghandian style cooperatives.