B, DebosmitaAich, TanishaChakraborty, RishilaDas, SouptikDeogharia, AnkanChawla, Vishav2024-03-102024-03-102023http://ir.mica.ac.in/handle/123456789/7885Rural Immersion Report- Kutch Area, Gujarat, Client: SEWAThe Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) was formed in 1972 in Ahmedabad (Gujarat), the textile capital of India. Initially, Ela Bhatt, one of the founders of SEWA, trained as a lawyer, had started representing underprivileged women in court disputes and policy discussions with the government. To counter the unfair and corrupt practices that kept women’s earnings low and their lives precarious, Ms. Bhatt conceived the idea of organizing them and others who worked in the informal sector as vegetable and used garment vendors, construction workers, carpenters, and the like into a union which came to be known as the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). The poor and uneducated women who became members of SEWA organized campaigns and peaceful demonstrations to draw attention to their plight and slowly gained ground on different issues. SEWA, from its modest beginnings in Ahmedabad, has grown into an international organization that operates in several countries apart from India, such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Turkey, and Yemen. SEWA operates in several states in India, like Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. In Gujarat, SEWA has around 535,000 active associates operating in 14 districts. Kutch district holds about 55,000 active members involved in different activities focused on empowering women and making them self-sufficient. The entire district is divided into 3 blocks: Lakhpatt with 17,127 members, Abdasa with 18,566 members and Nakhatrana with 19,307 members.enBharat worktime and stress managementproblem solvingfinancial literacy