What we really are looking for is self reliance and that is… - Ela Bhatt

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What we really are looking for is self reliance and that is how we should measure success. I don’t much like the word empowerment, but self-reliance is the foundation of SEWA’s approach,.

Ela Bhatt

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Ela Ramesh Bhatt (7 September 1933 – 2 November 2022) was an exemplary Indian social worker, cooperative organizer, activist and Gandhian. Her legal training and interaction with Gandhi influenced her to establish the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA) in 1972. Bhatt was a part of the international labor, cooperative, women, and micro-finance movements. She had won several prestigious national and international awards such as the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1977), Right Livelihood Award (1984) and the Padma Bhushan (1986).

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Native Name: इला भट्ट

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