SEWA - Interplay of Women, Work, and Peace | Reemaben Nanavaty | TEDxGatewayWomen

In her talk, Reemaben talks about how she has facilitated thousands of women with the right tools to become the new-age entrepreneurs.

She helps them achieve economic freedom to live with dignity and self-respect.


Born on May 22, 1964 in Ahmedabad, Reema graduated in science from Gujarat University and was selected to IAS services of Government of India. Reema Nanavaty leads Self Employed Women’s Association’s (SEWA) economic and rural development activities reaching out to seventeen million women and their families across India.

Reema is being recognized across India and in the neighbouring countries as a champion of making livelihoods of the poor women reach markets they deserve. As a manager, she developed the regional rural water supply scheme of Government of Gujarat and SEWA into an integrated water project, and made women central to water decisions. She stayed on with SEWA and expanded the project into an ongoing Women, Water and Work campaign of 1,00,000 women. In 2013, the Government of India honoured Reema Nanavati with the fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri.

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