The SEWA Trade Facilitation Centre (STFC) represents a unique and innovative movement where marginalized artisans themselves are the producers, owners, shareholders and managers of their own company. STFC works a bridge linking these vulnerable informal workers with the global market by sustained, profitable, and efficient coordination of design, production, and marketing of traditional embroidery.

The goal of the STFC is to ensure that rural craftswomen in the informal sector have socio-economic security and full employment by building a grassroots’ business enterprise of the artisans.