Spend your summer as an intern supporting the Self Employed Women's Association, a movement to empower women working in the informal economy. 

Building Resilient Women Entrepreneurs Program – India

Host Organization: SEWA Bharat

The Building Resilient Women Entrepreneurs program is a large-scale project aimed at advancing the rights and capacities of women-owned social enterprises and increasing their access to finance, infrastructure, markets, assets, and digital literacy. The program is especially focused on supporting small-scale, women-owned enterprises, such as home-based workers, street vendors, domestic workers, artisans, and agri-farmers, as well as collective social enterprises by women in different sectors such as food production, garments, and finance.   

In India, informality is the prevalent way of life as 45 percent of the population live in informal settlements. Impact of poor infrastructure services are such that a worker's additional time is spent in seeking services, additional cost is born through the purchase of services, increased vulnerability to health risk due to poor quality and improper service provisioning and safety is compromised due to inadequate services.

As part of the program and larger work of SEWA, you will contribute to a new campaign in Bihar on water rights. You'll be based in Patna, but will spend time immersed in the communities of Patna, Bhagalpur, and Munger to better understand community needs ultimately develop a needs assessment.

Funding

All Einaudi Center summer interns receive an award totaling at least $3,000 for airfare, transportation, and living expenses. A portion of the stipend may be paid directly to the in-country host to support housing, food, and local transportation.

Eligibility

To apply, you must be:

• A rising sophomore, junior, or senior at Cornell.
• In good standing academically with a cumulative 3.0 GPA minimum and have no unresolved disciplinary charges or sanctions.
• Enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at the time of the internship.

Requirements

Students must be able to commit to working full time for the duration of the internship. Interns are not permitted to hold other full-time jobs. Selected interns must participate fully in pre-departure and post-internship sessions, as well as complete any required reflections and evaluations.

Some basic Hindi language skills are helpful but not required. 

How to Apply

Submit your application by March 30, 2023, and select “SAP - SEWA - India” as one of your top three choices.

View the full list of Einaudi Global Summer Internships offered this year.