“Organizing is the surest way to equip the poor in their fight against poverty,” says Reema Nanavaty from Self Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA) – an organization that since 1972 organises the poor women workers in India to bargain for their rights and representation.

Reema Nanavaty joined the rural wing of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in 1984, the same year as the organization and the founder Ela Bhatt was awarded The Right Livelihood Award. Reema Nanavaty was elected as General Secretary in 1999. Under her leadership, SEWA's membership grew to new heights, making SEWA the single largest union of informal sector workers in India.

SEWA:s film A Sun at Night shows how the use of solarenergy can reduce climate change. The film has been shortlisted in ”Film for Climate Global Video Competition”. Watch the film and vote until the 15th of October: https://www.film4climate.net/fbapps/profiletab/?eid=1984639.