CASE / 1972–1977

SEWA institutions in Ahmedabad, 1972–1977

A bounded study of trade-union recognition and member-owned cooperative finance for self-employed women workers.

DETAILS

What are the case boundaries and records?

Check the scope, related ideas, and institutional evidence behind the overview.

Scope, selection, freshness, and background links

Boundary: Selected Ahmedabad union and cooperative institutions formed from 1972 through 1977; not later SEWA affiliates or informal workers generally.

Why this case: The case connects labor, credit, and women's organizing while preserving organizational and geographic limits.

SEWA union and cooperative formation 1972–1977

Documented Ahmedabad institutions, without generalizing later national membership or outcomes backward.

Formal design

Rules in use

observation

In 1974, 4,000 SEWA members each contributed ten rupees in share capital to establish the SEWA Cooperative Bank.

observation

Ahmedabad quilt makers participating in SEWA formed a producer cooperative in 1977 to market their products.

Interactions

observation

SEWA's organizers challenged the claim that workers required a conventional employer before they could register a union.

Observed outcomes

observation

SEWA registered as a trade union on 12 April 1972.