Who We  Are

Hind Mahila Sabha was born as an organisation of working women in formal & informal sector in year...... in the city of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It grew out of the women wing of the electricity workers in UP who are 4th class workers and in minority in the sector. the origional purpose of the wing was to provide training around workers rights, healthcare, promoting decent work and advocating for labour rights with the employers.

 

Since 1986, HInd mahila Sabha membership has grown at a steady pace, drawing formal women workers from formal sectors like electricity, healthcare to self-employed women from many different trades into the union: from street vendors to incense-stick rollers, municipal workers, asha workers , waste pickers to home based workers. Currently we are comprising of total.......... numbers of memebers int he organisation.

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with the upcoming effect of globalisation and change in labour economy & dynamics The women of HMS realized that they were now free to forge a new path, form new relationships, and innovate solutions that fit their needs. With all the creativity and courage at their command, the women have built HMS into a democratic, inclusive, responsive, dynamic, and self-sustaining organisation by engaging with all genders and youth community of the society in different sector. 

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HMS also realise that when women take the lead, their approach is collaborative, and their solutions are often unconventional and more sustainable towards them and overall society for betterment . The joint action of association & trade union concept has led to a holistic approach that is characteristic of Hind Mahila Sabha.

 

Along way to the organisational journey, since 2005 our colloboration with informal sectoral workers get more stregthen as In 1996, the ILO recognized home-based workers as workers, thereby protecting them with basic labour standards. And in 2014, India passed the Street Vendor’s Act to recognize the concept of Natural Markets in cities, and the rights of vendors to earn their livelihoods in them. These significant victories, were the result of a long and tenacious struggle by different trade unions existing in India for us as organisation to engage more with power with These workers for bringing visibility, voice, and validity to the work of the unorganised sector workers of the country.

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Over the years, we as organisation grown organically across UP bringing together the informal sector workers who are poor, self-employed women & youth working in different trades, and belonging to many different castes and religions. Their struggles and challenges are equally wide, ranging from fair wages, workers righte, human rights, healthcare, insurance, banking, housing, to skill upgradation, market access, and training. These issues are not confined to the self-employed in India alone, its a global issue for global federations /organsation to work toward humanity and human rights.

 

To strengthen oursleves globally, since begining , we are also affliated to PSI ( Public Services International ) global federation to empower the workers voices globally. Our mission is to create a more equitable society where every women & youth has the opportunity to thrive, ensuring their voices are heard and their contributions recognized. We believe in linking the struggle of workers across sectors and around the world. Our sectoral focus allows us to both recognize the unique needs of different workers while developing the key struggles which unite us all.