We Are Poor but So Many
We Are Poor but So Many
by Ela R. Bhatt
AdultsIndian author
The founder of SEWA tells the story of organising India's self-employed women workers into one of the world's largest women's movements.
- Author
- Ela R. Bhatt
- Age
- For grown-ups
- Type
- Women Leaders, Non-fiction
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Readers rate it
- 4.11 / 5 on Goodreads
- In India
- Available
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