Summary:

In the context of social security, the question of who is a self-employed worker (SEW) becomes relevant. The current definition is somebody who lacks a formal employer-employee relationship. More than 50% of Indian workers are involved in some form of self-employment, and the bulk of enterprises are run by a single person. SEWs need types of protection that are different from someone who has a regular employer.

Participants:

• Accountability Initiative: Sanaya Sinha, Avani Kapur, Anupriya Singh, Indresh Sharma, Jenny John, Koushal Pathak, Rakesh Swami, Seema Muskan, Sharad Pandey, Sanjana Malhotra
• Barefoot College: Maanasa Paramasivam
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Priya Nanda, Suneeta Krishnan
• Buzz Women India: Uthara Narayanan, Tanya Agrawal
• Centre for Policy Research: Mukta Naik
• CORD: Meera Samson
• Dvara Research:  Aarushi Gupta, Aishwarya Narayan, Hasna Ashraf
• IDinsight: Divya Nair
• Indus Action: Madhuri Dhariwal
• Jan Sahas: Aarya Venugopal
• JPAL: Vidita Priyadarshini
• JustJobs Network: Anna Ranjan, Stefan Belabed, Divya Prakash
• LEAD at KREA University: Karthick Morchan
• Pratham: Neeraj Trivedi
• SEWA Bharat: Radhika Saxena

Registration link will be shared soon.