"No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women & deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens." Michelle Obama This year, the world economy has been traumatized by the pandemic. The entire workforce has been affected, & none more than those already disadvantaged – the female workforce. Today, women in India account for only 19.9% of the total labour force (World Bank 20). Recent job stagnation & high unemployment rates for women, exacerbated by the Covid-19, also keep women out of the labour force. For this reason I am partnering with SEWA this year. SEWA (Self Employed Women's Association) is a member-based organization that has been working for almost 5 decades to improve the livelihoods of poor self-employed women workers from the informal economy. SEWA believes poverty is the worst form of violence & only productive work acts as a healer in such difficult times. SEWA supports members by creating social enterprises, cooperatives & collectives & through various initiatives using financial inclusion, technology, technical training, micro-finance, market linkages, natural resource Mgmt. etc. it reaches 1.9 Mn women workers across over 125 different trades in 18 states of India with the twin goals of full employment & self-reliance. Join me in my race to drive up SEWA’s employment efforts. With your generous support, we can help inch up that number one digit at a time. Remember no contribution is small, everything counts!