Ten years back, Kamlaben Chavda was a stay-at-home mother of two children in the Gomtipur ward, at the far eastern end of Ahmedabad. Till one day, a neighbour and relative asked Kamlaben to accompany her to where she worked, the Saundarya Safai Utkarsh Mahila Sewa Sahakari Mandali Ltd. Today, thanks to that visit and the work she eventually found through Saundarya, Kamlaben says, “Now I have this experience where I can confidently go to any workplace and perform. And I can definitely say that I am standing where I am because of the support of my mandali (cooperative).” Kamlaben is…
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Payal Upadhyay is a Manager - Governance and Incubation, at SEWA Cooperative Federation. She holds more than two decades of working with grassroots organisations, supported by Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA). During her tenure, she has worked with grassroot informal women workers across age and socio-economic groups. At SEWA Federation, she supports Women Cooperatives through conducting domain specific training and making their board of governance efficient.