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SEWA - Movement
In
Gujarat
Cooperatives (84 Cooperatives with 11,610
members)
| These
include : |
| Dairy
cooperatives |
53
with 5,182 members |
| Artisan
cooperatives |
10
with 1,200 members |
| Service
and Labour cooperatives |
10
with 130,000 members |
Land-based
cooperatives |
7
with 192 members |
Trading
& vending cooperatives |
5
with 1,000 members |
Women
provide the share capital for the cooperatives and obtain employment
from them. One woman may be a member of one or more cooperative.
Each cooperative is run by a democratically elected executive
committee of workers. The largest cooperative is SEWA Bank with
1,25,000 members.
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DWCRA
(rural producers') Groups (181 Groups with 2,981
members)
The
Development of women and children in Rural Areas or DWCRA is a
government sponsored anti-poverty programme of the Ministry of
Rural Development. Each DWCRA group consists of 15 to 20 women
from below poverty line rural families. The group is given seed
capital in the form of a revolving fund of Rs. 25,000 to develop
their own, local collective business. In 1999, the Ministry of
Rural Development merged all its different anti-poverty programmes,
including DWCRA, into a single programme. However, the DWCRA groups
already formed and registered with the ministry continue to function
actively.
| Type
of Group |
No.of
groups |
No.of
members |
| Craft-based
groups |
142 |
2,106 |
| Land-based
groups |
21 |
395 |
| Forest
producers based groups |
11 |
220 |
| Foodgrain
and essential items distribution groups |
10 |
120 |
| Nursery-raising
groups |
7 |
140 |
| Total |
181 |
2,981 |
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Social Security Organisations
There
are 6 organisations of social security providers, including health
workers and child care workers. The members are the actual caregivers,
while the self-employed women obtain their services. For social
security providers, this work also gives them employment. They
are :
- Lok Swasthya
SEWA Health Co-operative with 155 members, reaching 74,695 self
employed members and their families.
- Krishna Dayan
Co-operative, with 85 members, reaching 26,285 members and their
families.
- Shramshakti
Dayan cooperative, Kheda district, with 50 members reaching
5,000 women and their families.
- Surendranagar
Women and Child Development Mandal with 6,000 members reaching
out to both women and their families.
- Sangini Child
Care Co-operative with 825 members, reaching 3,639 members’
children.
Shaishav Child
Care Co-operative, with 92 members, reaching 1,500 members’
children.
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Savings and Credit Groups
In
rural areas women have formed their own savings groups and are
learning to manage their own collective capital. Through these
village-based groups, capitalisation occurs among self-employed
women. For the first time assets are built up, especially in womens’
name. These groups have then formed their own district-level associations.
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