Ela Bhatt: Work

Ela Bhatt is founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA). Explore interesting quotes on work.

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“Systems are needed, for example for management, accounting, skill development and MIS to serve the needs of the working poor.”

Discussion with Ela Bhatt, Founder, Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)

“All my life I have worked to change concepts, and that begins with how people see and understand the problems.”

Discussion with Ela Bhatt, Founder, Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)

“…as I worked with the unionized labor, of the much larger labor force that was outside the purview of the protective labor laws, of any form of social security, access to justice, access to financial services, anything. That tugged at my heart. And those people were unorganized and had no strength to act to seek remedies.”

Discussion with Ela Bhatt, Founder, Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)

“She (Bhatt) has helped not only women in India but women in South Africa, in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and inspired so many others to find their own way forward to overcome long legacies of inequality and unfairness. She has helped us imagine and then work toward a fairer world.”

Ela Bhatt bags Global Initiative Award