What qualities/traits do you think that women bring to leadership that men do not? What I have seen within SEWA, because I am fortunate enough to work with diverse women of all classes, is a collective growth way of thinking. I always turn to the words of Leah Benhill about the ‘nurturing...
What traits do women bring to leadership that men usually do not? There are three aspects of leadership that women bring to leadership: empathy, pragmatism, and multitasking. Based on what we have seen in the pandemic, women have the ability to be empathetic and understand the human cost of suffering. They understand...
A SEWA organizer speaks about the impact of technology on her work.
Written by 2018 IMAGO Fellow, Erika Caballero Montoya Gita is a middle-aged hardworking Indian woman, member of a self-help group (SHG), mother, and wife. Her life is at the center of Transform Rural India’s (TRI) efforts to transform rural villages in India into places of equal opportunity. Gita was the starting point...
The latest issue of The IMAGO Insider, our quarterly newsletter is here! From ‘Empowerment’ to Releasing the Power addresses issues of agency, multidimensional poverty, the role of government in addressing the challenges of poverty and the ‘missing middle’ in development. We apprecite this opportunity to share with you some of our most recent ideas, work...
This personal and profound narrative about members of the Self Employed Women’s Association is a part of a new series IMAGO is launching to bring the voices of those we are ultimately seeking to support into our story telling. Created, researched and developed by IMAGO Fellow and consultant Surili Sheth, who spent...