A home of her own: This programme describes how a good house is important for a home based worker. A few workers are interviewed who have described how they feel about their house, what they expect and importance of house in their life. Introduction and working of Sewa bank is explained explicitly. It documents sewa’s housing programme through SEWA Bank and Mahila Housing Trust.
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I am Shakti: This programme is about women’s strength and capacity to lead the life successfully. It narrates the story of a self-employed woman Hiraben Nanjibhai Vaghela from Ahmedabad. It narrates how she developed her capabilities by participating in SEWA movement organised at SEWA Academy. It's an experience of a woman who is a construction worker, and how she joined sewa and transformed by Sewa academy’s training.
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A Journey from 7 Rs. To 4 lakhs: Programme is a success story of a woman named Nanuben who sells utensils in exchange of old clothes, renovates the old clothes, and sell them in Sunday market. She migrated to Ahmedabad with just seven rupees with her. The story desctibes how she developed her work with loans from SEWA Bank. Here, journey means how she reached to the bank balance of Rs.4 lakhs from just Rs.7. This video won the international recognition at the UN Women Conference in Beijing, China, in 1993.
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SEWA Movement: Programme gives idea about Sewa’s work strategy and variety of services provided by Sewa. It documents SEWA ideology, strategies and different activities carried out. It explains the emergence of SEWA as an answer to the needs of poor women; the women’s movements, and the issues of self-employed among the labour movement. Viewers have admired its clarity and message. It also highlights sewa movement's contribution in improving sewa members life.
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Invisible Hands: The programme describes a day in the life of Gauriben, an agriculture labourer from Bakutra village in Banaskantha district, Gujarat. It shows the hard work of many hours that she has to do almost everyday. This is a live illustration of a poor self-employed women. Contribution of women in households as well as in economy is emphasised, though it is invisible and non-recognised. Strength and advantages of organising are also highlighted.
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Tees Karod kahan hai?: This programme is appealing for organisation and unionisation for informal sector workers. The problems of exploitation, low wages, lack of facilities of medical and social security that they face are brought out. Thrust is given for the enactment of labour laws to safeguard the informal sector workers and to give them an opportunity to represent themselves in Indian economy. The views and opinions of leaders of various organisations also are presented here: Elaben bhatt from SEWA, Mistribhai of Disha and Advocate Raniben. This video was broadcasted by TV Channel — Delhi Doorshan, India in 1998.
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Banas Craft: Banas craft is a selling outlet of items made by women artisans of Banaskantha and Kutch districts, in Ahmedabad city. This shop was started with a view to provide sustainable employment and returns for their work, to the rural, poor women workers of the Banaskantha and Kutch districts. This video highlights Banascraft's main objectives: FULL EMPLOYMENT AND SELF RELIANCE for the women artisans in above 2 districts. Different types of embroidery and craftwork are shown in this programme.
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Women proposes, Water disposes: Issues of water scarcity is raised in this programme. Socio-economic and health related repercussions of water scarcity is also described.
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Organising for Change - Union and Cooperatives: SEWA members, The Self employed women have no regular salary nor do they enjoy any welfare benefits, they depend on their own labour and business. They do not have any fixed employer/employee relationship, thus are unprotected labour force depending on their labour for survival. They are poor, illiterate and vulnerable but extremely economically active. These vendors, homebased, manual labourers or service providers have no access to social security.

They started collecting together and organising into a group of like traders. First it was "Sabina" The Garment Stitchers. Next they joined hands for their savings and collectively invested in share funding which gave them an idea of their own bank and thus started Sewa Bank. The street vendors who had no specific place to do their business joined together to get their license and a fix place to do business. By organising they are no longer exploited but are their own decision makers, owners, users and managers of their own organisation.
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