The organization began its work, since 1985 with the beedi rollers from the Indore city. After the beedi rollers, gradually, all the women workers in other occupations, such as forest workers, construction workers, agricultural workers, street vendors, domestic workers, self employed and other home based workers joined the organization.
After a long journey of 30 years, the following impacts on the woman workers and negotiation and policy advocacy are mentioned below:
The identity cards of workers
Workers | Registration | Renewal | No. of Beneficiaries | Amount of beneficiaries (Rs.) |
Construction Workers | 99366 | 16602 | 17443 | 58087480 |
Beedi Rollers | 193140 | 12598 | 18681006 | |
Forest Workers | 130964 | 141172 | 365285 | 40382082 |
Domestic Workers | 20149 | 2496 | 600 | 480000 |
Total | 443619 | 160270 | 395926 | 117630568 |