We are happy.

India’s Mahila SEWA Trust has won the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.

Mahila SEWA Trust (based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat) will receive up to $650,000 that it can use for several purposes including training and research facilities, technology upgrades and purchase of new office space.

Mahila SEWA Trust works for the welfare of members of the Self-Employed Women’s Association, a trade union of poor, self-employed women workers that organizes women for employment and social security including income, food and health security.