Self-employed bidi roller and member of SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, SEWA is the largest single trade union in the country with a membership of 687,000 women. Photo by Nic Paget-Clarke.

• To read an interview with Jayshree Vyas - Managing Director of SEWA Bank- click here.
  
• To read an interview with Ela Bhatt, founder and the first general secretary of SEWA. - click here.