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The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) was formed in 1972, in Ahmedabad. Today SEWA is 3.2 million women strong, and it is the single largest women worker’s Central trade union in India. The SEWA approach is to address the needs of the worker as a laborer, as well as a woman. This integrated and holistic view of workers has given birth to new and innovative ways to fight poverty and vulnerability. SEWA's goals are full employment and self-reliance.