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Author Bhatt, Ela R

Title We are poor but so many : the story of self-employed women in India / Ela R. Bhatt
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 233 pages) : illustrations, map
Series South Asia series
South Asia series (Oxford, England)
Contents On being poor, woman and self-employed -- On ragpicking -- On chindi stitchers -- On vending -- On banking -- On health -- On embroidery -- On gram haat -- On sukhi -- On reforms
Summary Presents an account of the vision, rise, and success of SEWA, the Self-Employed Women's Association, a trade union of self-employed women in India. This book offers a look at these women's daily lives, at the forces that overpower them, the conditions that perpetuate their poverty, the battles they fight, and the attitudes they face
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Self Employed Women's Association (Ahmadābād, India)
SUBJECT Self Employed Women's Association (Ahmadābād, India) fast
Subject Self-employed women -- India
Working poor -- India
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Home-Based Businesses.
Self-employed women
Working poor
India
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780195346961
0195346963
1423761774
9781423761778