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Ela Bhatt

Ela Bhatt is the founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) and served as the General Secretary of SEWA from 1972-1996.

A lawyer by training, Dr. Bhatt is a respected leader of the international labour, cooperative, women, and micro-finance movements who has won several national and international awards.

She was one of the founders of Women's World Banking and served as its chair from 1980-1998. She currently serves as the Chair of the SEWA Cooperative Bank, of HomeNet, of the International Alliance of Street Vendors, and of WIEGO. She is also a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation. She was granted an honorary Doctorate degree in Humane Letters by Harvard University in June 2001.

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