सेवा संगठन ज़िंदाबाद !!
हम सब एक है !!
स्वच्छ आकाश कर के रहेंगे !!
(Long live SEWA !! We are all One !! We shall Build Cleaner Skies !!)
These are the slogans of excitement, joy and happiness of our more than 15,000 women saltpan workers and millions of members of SEWA – as SEWA gets selected as the 2026 GAEA Awards winner by the World Economic Forum – recognising collaborations that are accelerating systems change for people, nature and climate.
This award highlights the power of working together to turn shared ambition into real-world impact. Thank you to all our partners who made this possible.
For over five decades, the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), having a current membership of over 3.2 million women workers – has organized poor informal sector women workers across India — to achieve the twin goals of Full Employment and Self-Reliance.
From the salt pans of the Little Rann of Kutch to home-based enterprises and cooperatives across India, SEWA’s members continue to demonstrate how women workers of the informal economy are not just participants in change — they are leaders of Change.
Through Organizing to Build Collective strength and Bargaining power, to adopting new technology and rising higher-up in the DRE value chain – SEWA’s salt-farmers sisters —have transformed their livelihoods: reducing debt, increasing income, and leading India’s grassroots green transition.
Read their story here: Agents of Green Transition – Gujarat’s Women Salt Farmers
Recognition of SEWA’s work with Salt-farmers by the World Economic Forum’s – GAEA Awards 2026, under the category “Empowering Voices to Share Action.”
This recognition celebrates every SEWA sister whose voice has built the collective strength of India’s informal women workers.
Together, we move forward — for Building cleaner skies, fairer futures, and dignified livelihoods for all.
Learn more about this year’s awardees through the GAEA awards Reveal video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS8G5m91QRc
