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Community Leaders and Decentralised Governance: Tales from the SEWA Field

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dc.creator Sen, Paromita
dc.creator Haque, Aiman
dc.date 2021-03-23T16:06:08Z
dc.date 2021-03-23T16:06:08Z
dc.date 2021-03-23
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:44:34Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:44:34Z
dc.identifier Sen, P. and Haque, A. (2021) 'Community Leaders and Decentralised Governance: Tales from the SEWA Field' in Taylor, P. and McCarthy, M. (Eds) Building a Better World: The Crisis and Opportunity of Covid-19, IDS Bulletin 52.1, Brighton: IDS
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16507
dc.identifier Directorate and Development Office
dc.identifier 10.19088/1968-2021.106
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198345
dc.description The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown in India resulted in women informal economy workers being out of jobs and with no social security blanket to rely on. Women community leaders therefore worked with the state to reach out to the most vulnerable and marginalised populations. This resulted in decentralised units where decisions are made at the community level in a collective fashion including critical and diverse stakeholders, in collaboration with state authorities. This model works best where locally developed networks with high levels of community trust exist that enable community leaders to reach communities in distress quickly and effectively, ensuring that relief and aid is delivered to those who need it the most. Additionally, women coming together to advocate for themselves as women workers allows for us to build back better with a key focus on marginal populations such as women at the bottom of the pyramid.
dc.description Irish Aid
dc.language en
dc.publisher Institute of Development Studies
dc.relation IDS Bulletin;52.1
dc.rights This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited, any modifications or adaptations are indicated, and the work is not used for commercial purposes. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.rights Institute of Development Studies
dc.subject Governance
dc.subject Health
dc.title Community Leaders and Decentralised Governance: Tales from the SEWA Field
dc.type Article


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