News
Date:
30 July 2011
Title:
The Fast Track to Change
Publication:
Boston Globe
Reporter:
Loth, Renee.
Description:
Ela Bhatt recently received the Radcliffe Institute medal in recognition of her work, which included founding the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in her native Ahmedadad, India in 1972. SEWA turned what had been called a “rag-tag bunch” of women working in diverse, informal roles into an organized force for change. Today, SEWA has chapters all over India and internationally and operates a cooperative bank, housing trust, day care centers, and a training academy. In this interview, she explains that working with the people society considers "marginal" can be a fast track to change.
