High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Renana Jhabvala of Ahmedabad, India, has been active for decades in organizing women into organizations and trade unions in India, and has been extensively involved in policy issues relating to poor women and the informal economy. She is best known for her long association with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India, and for her writings on issues of women in the informal economy. In 1990, she was awarded a Padma Shri from the Government of India.