Executive Council Statement
2005 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)
… Association (SEWA) March 01, 2006 San Diego, CA In recognition of her courage, innovation and leadership, we are honored to present the 2005 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award to Sister Ela Bhatt, on behalf of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a 700,000-member union of women workers in … advocates for the rights of poor, women workers in the unorganized, informal sectors of the economy. Through their work, hundreds of thousands of street vendors, rag pickers, incense rollers and other self-employed workers have overcome …