{"id":78044,"date":"2025-11-03T08:41:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=78044"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:41:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:41:18","slug":"for-indian-women-workers-a-just-transition-means-surviving-climate-impacts-with-dignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/11\/03\/for-indian-women-workers-a-just-transition-means-surviving-climate-impacts-with-dignity\/","title":{"rendered":"For Indian women workers, a just transition means surviving climate impacts with dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>For the Self-Employed Women\u2019s Association (SEWA), just transition begins not just with carbon, but with resilience &#8211; the daily struggle of poor women to withstand the heatwaves, floods and crop failures already battering their lives. Climate shocks that are stripping poor women not only of income, but of dignity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representing 3.2 million informal workers across 18 states &#8211; street vendors, waste pickers, construction labourers, home-based producers and small farmers &#8211; SEWA has spent more than five decades fighting for rights and recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is what &#8216;just transition&#8217; must mean for us,\u201d says Mansi Shah, senior coordinator at SEWA. \u201cIt is not only about future green jobs or phasing out polluting industries. For women workers on the frontlines, it is about surviving heatwaves, floods and crop failures today &#8211; and doing so with dignity.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"clima-in-post\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"clima-3567845525\"><div style=\"text-align:center; margin: 20px 0;\">\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 8px;\">\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n    <span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #BFBFBF; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\">Advertisement<\/span>\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div id=\"chn-in-post\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script defer src=\"https:\/\/ead.newint.org\/show.php?zones=chn-in-post\"><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"chn-block post-slider 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src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2024\/11\/saturday-demo-crop-480x295.jpg\" class=\"attachment-small size-small wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2024\/11\/saturday-demo-crop-480x295.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2024\/11\/saturday-demo-crop-960x590.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2024\/11\/saturday-demo-crop-1440x884.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2024\/11\/saturday-demo-crop.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>                <\/figure>\n\n\n                <\/a>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"header-text\">\n\n                <div class=\"post__meta\">\n\n                    <div class=\"post__date\">\n                        Oct 20, 2025 <\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"post__categories\">\n\t                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/category\/news\/\">News<\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/div>\n\n                <h3 class=\"post__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/10\/20\/global-south-campaigners-question-inclusivity-of-cop30-as-some-stay-home\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">Global South campaigners question inclusivity of COP30 as some stay home<\/a><\/h3>\n                <div class=\"post__excerpt\">\n                    Civil society groups hoped to send large numbers to the UN climate talks in Brazil, but developing-country activists say it&#8217;s too expensive and they have received limited badges                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"post__footer\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/10\/20\/global-south-campaigners-question-inclusivity-of-cop30-as-some-stay-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"read-more\">Read more<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/header>\n\n    <\/article>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>SEWA\u2019s own surveys underline the urgency. More than 90% of women workers report livelihood losses from climate shocks, while 74% say their children\u2019s education has been disrupted. Over 80% of households face water insecurity, 62% food insecurity, and nearly 40% report mental health impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen people talk about adaptation or resilience, it sounds abstract,\u201d Shah says. \u201cFor our members, it means the difference between feeding your children and selling your dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cOn one side, hungry children. On the other, her respect\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One member &#8211; a smallholder farmer &#8211; told SEWA organisers what happened when a prolonged heatwave dried her fields and wiped out any possible work as an agricultural labourer. With children to feed and no savings, she went to a local moneylender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The terms were brutal: extortionate interest and demands for sexual favours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe had to choose between her children\u2019s hunger and her own respect,\u201d Shah says. \u201cThat is the kind of choice no woman should ever face. But climate change is forcing it every day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By chance, the woman had been enrolled in SEWA\u2019s pilot parametric heat insurance scheme &#8211; designed to trigger automatic payouts when temperatures cross preset thresholds, providing fast, predictable relief when heat destroys livelihoods. On the very day she faced the moneylender, the insurance activated and 1,800 rupees (about $20) landed in her account &#8211; enough to buy food for two weeks, enough to walk away.<\/p><div class=\"clima-in-post-2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"clima-862131624\"><div style=\"text-align:center; margin: 20px 0;\">\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 8px;\">\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n    <span style=\"font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #BFBFBF; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\">Advertisement<\/span>\r\n    <hr style=\"flex: 1; max-width: 80px; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; margin: 0 10px;\">\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div id=\"chn-in-post-2\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script defer src=\"https:\/\/ead.newint.org\/show.php?zones=chn-in-post-2\"><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/05\/01\/climate-driven-heatwaves-hit-delhis-red-fort-market-traders\/\">Climate change-driven heatwaves hit Delhi\u2019s Red Fort market traders<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women-led solutions prove just transition works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For Meenaben, a SEWA smallholder in Kutch district, the blow came from unseasonal rain and hail. Her 1.5-acre rain-fed millet crop, almost ready for harvest &#8211; and crucial fodder for her cattle &#8211; was shredded overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGovernment relief can take months to reach a village,\u201d Shah explains. \u201cSo women like Meenaben are pushed toward debt &#8211; often predatory &#8211; just to survive the gap.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SEWA\u2019s answer is speed and self-help. Through its Livelihood Recovery &amp; Resilience Fund (LRRF) &#8211; a blended pool seeded by one day\u2019s wage per member per month, matched by philanthropy &#8211; women can access rapid loans within 14 days of a climate shock, long before state compensation arrives. The fund kept Meenaben\u2019s household afloat, paid for inputs for the next sowing, and avoided a spiral into debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t wait for others to save us,\u201d says Shah. \u201cSo SEWA women build their own safety nets &#8211; and get back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"chn-block block-image\">\n\n    <figure class=\"\" uk-toggle=\"target: #simg-78071\" >\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Mansi-e1762158367115.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Mansi-e1762158367115.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Mansi-e1762158367115-960x757.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Mansi-e1762158367115-480x378.jpg 480w\" \/>\n        <figcaption>Mansi Shah, senior coordinator at SEWA, says informal women workers want to survive climate shocks with their dignity intact.<\/figcaption>    <\/figure>\n\n    <div id=\"simg-78071\"  class=\"uk-modal-container\" uk-modal>\n        <div class=\"uk-modal-dialog uk-margin-auto-vertical\">\n\n            <button class=\"uk-modal-close-default\" type=\"button\" uk-close><\/button>\n\n            <div class=\"uk-modal-body\">\n\n                <figure>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Mansi-e1762158367115.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Mansi-e1762158367115.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Mansi-e1762158367115-960x757.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/wp-content\/files\/2025\/11\/Mansi-e1762158367115-480x378.jpg 480w\" \/>\n                    <figcaption>Mansi Shah, senior coordinator at SEWA, says informal women workers want to survive climate shocks with their dignity intact.<\/figcaption>                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Gujarat to the Global South<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After piloting its member-owned LRRF a decade ago, SEWA shared its results at a global women leaders\u2019 meeting in 2023 with Secretary Hillary Clinton, Ambassador Melanne Verveer and women\u2019s organisations from Africa and Latin America. The message was clear: women workers across the Global South face the same shocks and the same finance gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the strength of that model, SEWA partnered with the Clinton Global Initiative to launch the Global Climate Resilience Facility (GCRF) in February 2024. Its framework is complete and fundraising is underway. Once capitalised, it will support frontline women\u2019s organisations to run LRRF-style funds, expand parametric insurance, and scale women-led adaptation and clean-energy solutions across the Global South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From rural daughter to solar entrepreneur<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If these stories show the cost of climate shocks, Payalben Munjpura\u2019s shows what investment unlocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Payalben grew up in a village of 250 households in Surendranagar district. Her father was an electrician. Like most rural daughters, she was expected to stay indoors &#8211; until SEWA persuaded her parents to let her train as a solar PV technician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She completed a three-month course and certification, then formed a team of four. Drawing on her father\u2019s skills, she brought him into the enterprise, saving costs and rooting the work in local expertise. Together, they now install rooftop solar systems in nearby villages through India\u2019s new PM Surya Ghar scheme, which offers households subsidies covering up to 60% of installation costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her income has transformed the family: she helped reclaim their mortgaged farm, paid for her younger brother\u2019s education, and rebuilt their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWomen are always seen as energy users,\u201d Shah says. \u201cPayalben shows they can be owners, managers and distributors. If skills are brought to their doorstep, women will turn the climate crisis into opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The women-led solutions already in motion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>SEWA\u2019s members are not waiting for policy promises &#8211; they are already building resilience from the ground up. Through its Building Cleaner Skies campaign, SEWA links local experience with a broader strategy of women-led adaptation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its Climate School turns climate science into simple visual lessons, training grassroots leaders as climate educators. Its Green Villages initiatives bring clean cooking, biogas, drip irrigation and rooftop solar &#8211; all managed by women handling finance, vendors and repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2025\/10\/31\/brazils-environment-minister-urges-heads-of-state-to-address-fossil-fuels-at-cop30\/\">Brazil\u2019s environment minister urges heads of state to address fossil fuels at COP30<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The movement also nurtures young women climate entrepreneurs who deliver adaptation technologies and green livelihoods. And when shocks hit, SEWA\u2019s insurance and finance schemes move faster than the state, trigger quick payouts and provide loans within 14 days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese are not abstract pilots,\u201d says Shah. \u201cThey are working now, in villages across Gujarat. The problem is not solutions. The problem is finance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lessons for COP30<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A just transition must also confront the realities of climate impacts. For informal women workers, it is not about distant promises of green jobs, but about surviving the effects of warming now &#8211; and building social protection systems that can secure their livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SEWA\u2019s experience shows that women-led action works. From grassroots insurance schemes to rooftop solar enterprises, women are already designing and scaling climate solutions that protect both their income and dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To take these efforts further, finance for just transition policies must be deployed &#8211; and made accessible to women on the frontlines. The Bel\u00e9m Action Mechanism (BAM) for a Global Just Transition &#8211; proposed by civil society as a key deliverable for COP30 &#8211; could help bridge that gap by aligning governments, international institutions and community movements, creating clearer pathways for funding and technical support to reach grassroots initiatives directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But whatever happens in Bel\u00e9m this November, for millions of women like SEWA\u2019s members, the transition has already begun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEWA&#8217;s members call for just transition talks at COP30 to help them become more resilient to climate shocks by building social protection systems that secure their 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