Shreya Banerjee

Shreya Banerjee
Designation: Research Associate
Shreya provides grant management and research support to the evaluation office, including for knowledge management, evidence synthesis and stakeholder engagement related to the Swashakt programme. Prior to joining 3ie, she worked as a researcher at Watershed Organisation Trust in Pune where she was part of the social sciences team, and worked mainly on research projects which focused on agriculture, livelihoods, gender, and sustainability.
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A framework for examining women’s economic empowerment in collective enterprises

Bidisha Barooah, Shreya Banerjee, Aastha Dang, Krishna Kejriwal, Ridhi Aggarwal 30 August 2022 blog  
Swashakt, launched with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2020, has now reached more than 6900 women across 480 villages in 10 Indian states who have become a part of farm or non-farm women’s collective enterprises. In this blog, we discuss how we define and measure women’s economic empowerment in the context of our program.

The four essentials of supporting artisans’ group enterprises

Krishna Kejriwal, Shreya Banerjee 10 March 2022 blog  
In this blog we draw from the experiences of the two leaders as they navigated the journey of setting up and supporting artisans’ collective enterprises. Both these leaders, Vijaya Switha Grandhi and Prerna Agarwal, and their organizations, Chitrika Foundation and Urmul Trust, respectively, have been working for several years to support artisans, particularly women artisans, to transform from wage workers to entrepreneurs and leaders.

Swashakt: Women leaders on collective entrepreneurship and empowerment

Krishna Kejriwal, Shreya Banerjee 09 March 2022 blog  
What does the journey of promoting non-farm livelihoods in rural India and empowering women in the process look like in practice? Our conversation with two women leaders answers this question and shines light on key learnings from lived experiences. Vijaya Switha Grandhi and Prerna Agarwal have been working with women weavers and artisans through collectivization, entrepreneurship, and capacity building for several years. We spoke to them about their understanding of these concepts and their individual journeys. In this blog, the first of two parts, we share what the conversation revealed about women’s leadership, empowerment, and the need for collectivization.