Women Collectives towards Sustainability: A Case Study of Hansiba in India

Women social entrepreneurs’ (WSE) and Non-profit women social
entrepreneurship enterprise (NWSEE) empower, create value,
and livelihood for their beneficiaries and communities in society.
This article aims to deepen understanding of WSE and NWSEE’s
underlying innovative process to empower and create value and
sustainable livelihood for the rural poor women artisans using the for
profit process to gain sustainability in a not-for-profit organization.
A case study method helps align the four themes of SE’s business
model (Haugh, 2007). The case of ‘Hansiba’ a brand promoted by the
women’s organization SEWA in Gujarat and the personal accounts
of women artisans are the basis to analyse metamorphic sustainable
changes engendered by women social entrepreneurs in the society.
The innovative use of for-profit approaches showed the creation
of significant sustainable value and livelihood in the lives of poor
women artisans