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	1977 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership - Ela Ramesh Bhatt
		ELA BHATT’s maternal grandfather was a doctor and a devoted follower of Gandhi; he was jailed three times for his participation in satyagraha.
		ELA continued to work in the union's legal department—doing what she described as a "compromise between legal work and social work"—until the birth of their children, Amimayi (1958) and Mihir (1959).
		BHATT was aware that thousands of wives and daughters of textile workers, as well as other women, toiled as self-employed junk-smiths, garment makers, vegetable vendors and hawkers to supplement the family income.
	www.rmaf.org.ph /Awardees/Biography/BiographyBhattEla.htm (4699 words)

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		Her name is Ela R. Bhatt, and the fact that she is on the itinerary tells me that the First Lady and the White House have got this trip right.
		Bhatt is the founder and driving force of a now-famous women's organization in India, called SEWA, that holds to the simple yet radical belief that poor women need organizing, not welfare.
		Ela remained silent, but as I looked around the table I realized that of all the guests, she was the only one whose work had caused any measure of change in India.
	www.people.virginia.edu /~pm9k/Writings/bhatt.txt (1392 words)

	SPJIMR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Dr. Ela Bhatt, renowned social activist and founder of the the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), graced the SPJIMR campuson.
		Bhatt said that “economic poverty is a moral collapse of the rich”.
		Ela Bhatt said that the poor need to be organized at a certain scale and size.
	www.spjimr.org /newsletter/full/article.asp?srno=67 (424 words)

	1977 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership - Ela Ramesh Bhatt
		ELA RAMESH BHATT for four years had been chief of the women's section of the Textile Labor Association founded in 1920 by the "Father of Modern India," Mahatma Gandhi.
		BHATT, with support of the Association, first organized selfemployed women—who often were the wives of textile workers—in the Self-Employed Women's Association.
		BHATT and her associates are fostering development where it matters most—among the poorest and weakest in the community.
	www.rmaf.org.ph /Awardees/Citation/CitationBhattEla.htm (598 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ela Bhatt, founder of the most powerful women's organization in the country - SEWA, was awarded the leadership award for her contribution to the movement for self-reliance and empowerment of women and marginal workers.
		Ela Bhatt, founded the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), registered as a trade union in 1972 is now on the forefront of the movement for self-reliance and empowerment of women workers.
		Ela Bhatt, has dedicated her life for the upliftment of the rural women who were marginalized because they were dalits, minorities, illiterate and poor.
	www.retailyatra.info /PageDetails.asp?Cat_Id=1&SubCat_ID=52&Page_ID=249 (1319 words)

	Public Health Heroes Awards Ceremony
		While serving as women’s section chief for the Textile Labour Association in Ahmedabad, India, Ela Bhatt witnessed the untenable conditions confronting women in the garment industry and resolved to apply her training as an attorney and social worker to organizing self-employed women.
		Bhatt observed these women—self-employed weavers; stitchers; cigarette rollers; vendors of fruit, fish, vegetables and tea; firewood and waste paper pickers; road construction crews—struggling to make a decent living for themselves and their families.
		Bhatt has also been active on a national and international scale as a member of the Indian parliament from 1986-1989, India’s Planning Commission from 1986-1991, and as chairperson of Women’s World Banking.
	www.publichealthheroes.org /past_heroes/2003/bhatt.html (972 words)

	ELA RAMESH BHATT
		Ela continued to work in the union's legal department - doing what she described as a "compromise between legal work and social work" -- until the birth of their children, Amimayi (1958) and Mihir (1959).
		When, in 1968, she was asked by the TLA to become head of its Women's Wing she rejoined the union, and took intense interest in the women for whom she had worked in the ministry.
		The self-employed women themselves implored Bhatt to work on their behalf, and the first group to come under the wing of the women's section was the handcart pullers - women who push, rather than pull handcarts with loads of 500 to 700 kilograms.
	nrcw.nic.in /shared/sublinkimages/109.htm (1922 words)

	Oxford University Press: We Are Poor but So Many: Ela R. Bhatt
		Ela Bhatt is widely recognized as one of the world's most remarkable pioneers and entrepreneurial forces in grassroots development.
		Bhatt lead SEWA to form a cooperative bank in 1974 - with a share capital of $30,000 - that offered microcredit loans to help women save and become financially independent.
		This volume is unique in that it will elaborate the specific experience and knowledge of Ela Bhatt in her and SEWA's journey and provide insights and knowledge that no outside researcher would ever be in a position to replicate.
	www.oup.com /us/catalog/general/subject/Economics/Developmental/~~/c2Y9YWxsJnNzPWF1dGhvciZzZD1hc2MmcGY9NjAmdmlldz11c2EmcHI9MTAmYm9va0NvdmVycz1udWxsJmNpPTAxOTUxNjk4NDA= (553 words)

	Harvard Gazette: Honorary degrees awarded to eleven
		Ela R. Bhatt is the founder and general secretary of SEWA, the Self-Employed Women's Association.
		A graduate of Gujarat University, Bhatt has served as a member of the Indian Parliament, as a member of the Planning Commission of India, and as chair of the National Commission on Self-Employed Women.
		She is a member of the board of trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation and chair of the International Alliance of Street Vendors.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2001/06.07/01-hondegrees.html (2231 words)

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		Ela Bhatt, recipient of the prestigious "The Right Livelihood Award," is a gentle revolutionary and social activist.
		Bhatt has also taken the struggle for justice and recognition for self-employed women into the national and international areas.
		Bhatt herself was nominated by the President of India to be a member of the Indian parliament (Rajya sabha) from 1986 to 1989.
	www.india-now.org /artdisplay.aspx?cat_id=63&art_id=1590 (1195 words)

	India - Women - Macro Woman of Micro-credit… (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Clad in Gandhian khadi, Ela Bhatt’s simplicity is, perhaps, more striking than the countless honours she’s been given… among them the Padmashree, Padmabhushan and Ramon Magsaysay awards.
		Soft-spoken, yet firm, Ela Bhatt's trade union activities have the strong spine of a degree in law, labour and cooperatives.
		Ela Bhatt is synonymous with the 50-year-old Self Employed Women's Association Sewa, a trade union registered in 1972.
	www3.estart.com /india/women/elabhatt.html (689 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ela Bhatt, Founder and General Secretary of the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), India, has earned an outstanding international reputation for her work in advancing the position of poorer women who work in the informal economy.
		Conferring this degree on Bhatt builds on and strengthens a number of links: SEWA has a firm basis in Gandhian philosophy and strategy; Durban was the city to which Gandhi came and established a long tradition of non-violent political defiance, which he developed in Ahmedabad, birthplace of both Bhatt and SEWA.
		(It is recommended that) The University of Natal honours Ela R Bhatt for her personal record of distinguished service in the field of both economic enterprise, the advancement of democracy and social justice, and excellence in promoting the progress of human society.
	www.nu.ac.za /mediapublications/archives/018.htm (445 words)

	the-south-asian_October_2003
		Ela Bhatt, or Ela Behn, as she is fondly known, founded, in 1972, south Asia’s first labour and trade union for women workers in the informal sector.
		Ela Bhatt is now campaigning for an insurance programme for SEWA members.
		She was fond of horse-racing and would visit Bombay during the racing season - spending the day at the Mahalakshmi racecourse, and the evenings and nights at concerts.
	www.the-south-asian.com /Oct2003/index36.htm (297 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Article
		ELA BHATT is a revered person in Gujarat.
		What Ela Bhatt has been doing since the time of Independence is based on Gandhian ideology.
		This means emulating what Ela Bhatt’s SEWA has done.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20010121/spectrum/scene.htm (753 words)

	The Jewel in the Town
		This article on SEWA's founder, Ela Bhatt and her work is abstracted from a longer piece written by Elisabeth Bumiller and appeared in the WASHINGTON POST, 26 March 1995, p.
		With the SEWA bank, Ela explained - in the gentle tone that softened the daring of her thinking - "we will be able to nonviolently, in the most Gandhian way, eliminate the husbands' [total control]."
		ELA'S VISION has in large part been shaped by Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement, who believed in the principles of nonviolence and the need to uplift the poorest members of society first.
	www.gdrc.org /icm/sewa-4.html (1293 words)

	rediff.com Special: Clinton begins his new avatar as concerned world citizen with a visit to Kutch. But will it work?
		She was followed by more experienced social workers like Ela Bhatt (Self Employed Women's Association), Karsan Patel (chairman, Nirma Group; head of the Nirma Institute of Technology in Ahmedabad) and Sushma Iyengar (general secretary, Abhiyan, which heads 14 NGO groups working in Kutch).
		Next to her were Ela Bhatt and Karsanbhai Patel.
		Bhatt and Iyengar, veterans of Gujarat's social development, knew Clinton was the voice of influence within the AIF, which has, till date, collected more than $5 million for earthquake relief.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/apr/06spec2.htm (1247 words)

	SEWA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		SEWA is the Self-Employed Women's Association of India, a trade union founded in 1972 after a split in the Textile Labour Association.
		It was founded by civil rights leader Dr. Ela Bhatt.
		It seeks to provide financial security for its members, while at the same time campaigning for social change based on Gandhian principles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SEWA (116 words)

	The Hindu : National : Ela Bhatt presented Lal Bahadur Shastri award
		Bhatt in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cause of women in the unorganised sector, her unending struggle for their emancipation through self-reliance and self-employment, and for upholding the principles of simplicity, non-violence, sanctity of labour and human values.
		Bhatt said constant administrative reforms were needed to keep pace with the impact of the changing economies of the world, and communities, when not fully literate, needed better management.
		Bhatt has been honoured with the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1977, the Alternate Nobel Prize in 1984, the Asia Society Award, the FICCI Millennium Life Time Achievement Award and the Economic Times Award for Business Women, 2003.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/10/08/stories/2004100804761300.htm (391 words)

	India Infoline News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ela Bhatt was awarded the leadership award for her contribution to the movement for self-reliance and empowerment of women & marginal workers.
		Ela Bhatt, founded the Self-Employed Women’s Association, registered as a trade union in 1972 is now on the forefront of the movement for self-reliance and empowerment of women workers.
		For almost five decades Ela Bhatt, has dedicated her life for the upliftment of the rural women who were marginalized because they were dalits, minorities, illiterate and poor.
	www.indiainfoline.com /news/news.asp?dat=53338 (1260 words)

	Newsletter
		Ela Bhatt, internationally-renown founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India, opened the launch of StreetNet.
		A lawyer by training, Ms Bhatt is a respected leader of the international labour, co-operative, women’s and micro-finance movements.
		Ela Bhatt and SEWA have gone on to initiate a whole family of unique international organisations promoting the organisation and development of workers in the informal sector, including HomeNet (international alliance of home-based workers), the international research coalition WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment, Globalising and Organising) and now StreetNet.
	www.streetnet.org.za /English/bhatt1.htm (769 words)

	IndianNGOs - NGOs in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thus, on an appeal from the women and at the initiative of the leader of the Women's Wing, Ela Bhatt, and the president of the TLA, Arvind Buch, the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) was born in December 1971.
		In 1977, SEWA's General Secretary, Ela Bhatt, was awarded prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award and this brought international recognition to SEWA.
		Elaben Bhatt, SEWA’s founder, was nominated as a member of the newly constituted National commission of labour.
	www.indianngos.com /sewa/main.html (1500 words)

	South Asia Briefing Unit 3 - Sewa - Unleashing women's creativity
		SEWA was founded by Ela Bhatt, a lawyer and social worker in Ahmedabad, India.
		According to Ela Bhatt, Gandhi did not wait for miracles in his work against powerful social forces, but took action to create a new future.
		Ela Bhatt ( left) explains, Once a woman sees she is one of many, she comes to understand how deeply the exploitation runs in the system, and how she, along with so many sisters, should be getting a better deal for their labor.
	www.thp.org /sac/unit3/sewa.htm (546 words)

	outlookmoney.com: No. 10: Ahmedabad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This spirit is what characterises the city for SEWA’s Ela Bhatt.
		The people of Ahmedabad, she says, "have the entrepreneurial spirit in them; they are very industrious and they are always ready for change.
		Bhatt vouches for the high level of safety: "I have moved around safely in this city all my life, even at odd hours.
	www.outlookmoney.com /scripts/IIH021C1.asp?sectionid=10&categoryid=71&articleid=4118 (593 words)

	Welcome to oneVillage Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		By Darshana Varia Nadkarni, Ph.D. Ela Bhatt found SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Association) to provide an organized avenue to address issues, for women employed in informal economies in India.
		Ela Bhatt talked to many of these women and the women said they needed a bank of their own.
		Story of Ela Bhatt and other remarkable women across the world were profiled in the key note address, at the conference marking the launch of Global Women’s Leadership Center (GWLC) on June 23 at Santa Clara University under the leadership of Leavey School of Business.
	onevillagefoundation.org /ovf2/newsletter/june_july/GWLC_launch.html (667 words)

	UUA Programs & Services: UU Holdeen India Program: Ela Ramesh Bhatt Receives Honorary Degree
		Among those honored was Ela Ramesh Bhatt, who was awarded a Doctor of Social Science.
		Ela Ramesh Bhatt is the founder and General Secretary of SEWA, Self-Employed Women's Association, and the founder and chair of the Sewa Cooperative Bank, both of which are headquartered in Ahmedabad, India.
		Bhatt to become a founding member and chairperson of Women's World Banking in New York in 1980 and of Friends of Women’s World Banking (FWWB) in India.
	www.uua.org /international/holdeen/bhatt.html (332 words)

	Yale Bulletin and Calendar
		&#009;Ela Ramesh Bhatt is founder and head of India's Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) and the SEWA Cooperative Bank.
		A former lawyer and social worker, Bhatt became acutely aware of the conditions of India's poor self-employed women while working for the Textile Labour Association.
		Bhatt became a founding member and chair of Women's World Banking in New York in 1980, and chairs several international organizations of the working poor.
	www.yale.edu /opa/v30.n31/story103.html (2955 words)

	Ela Bhatt - The News Show (ADV)... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	'Do Tokri Ki Jagah' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The call for ‘Do Tokri Ki Jagah’ was taken up in Parliament when Ela Bhatt moved a Resolution in the Rajya Sabha on August 5, 1988 demanding the formulation of a National Policy on Hawkers and Vendors as private members’ business.
		However the issues raised in her speech are as relevant today as they were then.
		This document is summary of the essential points of Ela Bhatt’s intervention, prepared by Sujana Krishnamoorthy.
	www.doccentre.org /eldoc/urban_issues/uu1_M014.html (1967 words)

	2005 Award Winner Biography
		Fondly known as Ela Behn, Dr. Bhatt founded ‘SEWA’, Self Employed Women’s Association) South Asia’s first labor and trade union for Women.
		Her vision has inspired thousands of women to join together to transform their lives and their world.
		A lawyer by training, Dr. Bhatt was primarily inspired by of Mahatma Gandhi.
	www.globewomen.com /summit/2005/Awardees/2005_award_winner_biography_Bhatt.htm (110 words)

	The Daydreamer by Ian McEwan, ISBN 0385498055 And Ela Bhatt: Uniting Women in India by Jyotsna Sreenivasan, ISBN ...
		The Daydreamer by Ian McEwan, ISBN 0385498055 And Ela Bhatt: Uniting Women in India by Jyotsna Sreenivasan, ISBN 1558612297
		Ela Bhatt: Uniting Women in India by Jyotsna Sreenivasan, ISBN 1558612297
		Ela Bhatt Uniting Women in India Jyotsna Sreenivasan In a nation infamous for bride burnings and female infanticide, Ella Bhat founded an organization that gives women financial and political power.
	www.bsatroop67.com /daydreamer.htm (186 words)

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