Chetna Gala Sinha: How women in rural India turned courage into capital
Chetna Gala Sinha: Hur kvinnor på Indiens landsbygd förvandlade mod till kapital
Chetna Gala Sinha is the founder and chair of the Mann Deshi Bank, aimed at the needs of rural women micro-entrepreneurs in India. Full bio
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min berättelse,
from India whom I've met.
indiska kvinnor jag träffat.
in my journey of my life.
to go to school,
gå i skolan,
who did extraordinary things
det vanliga,
staying and living in India
Indiens landsbygd.
to work in rural India.
på Indiens landsbygd.
dynamic young farmer-leader
lantbruksledare
which did not have running water
rinnande vatten
and friends were horrified.
var förfärade.
to open a saving account.
sparkonto.
because I want to buy a plastic sheet
ett plastskynke
the account of Kantabai.
åt Kantabai.
any loan from the bank.
or grant from the government.
was to have a safe place
förvärvade pengar.
the account of Kantabai,
åt Kantabai,
for women like Kantabai to save?
Kantabai att spara?
to Reserve Bank of India.
"Reserve Bank of India".
that we cannot issue a license
utfärda en licens
members who are nonliterate.
som är analfabeter.
andra kvinnorna
because our women are nonliterate.
kvinnor var analfabeter.
that after working the whole day,
arbetat en hel arbetsdag
and learn to read and write.
sig läsa och skriva.
to Reserve Bank of India.
till "Reserve Bank of India".
the officer of Reserve Bank,
"Reserve Bank".
because we cannot read and write.
läsa eller skriva.
because we are nonliterate."
analfabeter."
when we were growing,
vi växte upp,
for our noneducation."
på utbildning."
the interest of any principal amount."
belopp som helst."
without a calculator
miniräknare
women are banking with us
vår bank
than 20 million dollars of capital.
i kapital.
asking for a business plan.
en affärsplan.
for herself and her family.
hennes familj.
were not able to come to the bank
komma till banken
are not coming to the bank,
kommer till banken,
till dörren.
to remember a PIN number.
kom ihåg en pinkod.
"We don't want a PIN number.
en pinkod.
remember the PIN number;
to remember the PIN number.
with biometric,
det biometriska,
financial transaction
transaktioner
can steal my PIN number
which I have always learned from women:
dessa kvinnor:
to poor people.
dåliga lösningar.
mortgaging your precious jewelry
dina vackra smycken
that it's a terrible drought?
fruktansvärd torka?
food and fodder for my animals."
och djurfoder."
"Can I mortgage gold and get water?"
inteckna guld och få vatten?"
"You're working in the village
något vatten?
the cattle camp in the area.
ett boskapsläger i området.
their animals to one place
ta sina djur,
in the cattle camp
a regular show on the radio."
en regelbunden radioshow."
"Kerabai, you cannot read and write.
läsa eller skriva.
invited by all of the radios,
olika radiostationer,
and she does the show.
att köpa mat,
I started singing."
jag sjunga."
overcome so many obstacles --
överkommit så många hinder -
in a business school,
insemination in goats.
på getter.
difficult for Sunita
from an untouchable caste.
oberörbart kast.
goat deliveries in the region
i området
to see an untouchable,
oberörbar,
at the entrance of the village.
in the house, in her house,
do not go to an untouchable's house
oberörbars hus,
the gathering of the village.
caste conditioning in India.
i Indien.
the younger generations do.
generationerna gör.
to represent India in field hockey.
Indien i landhockey.
in 2020 Olympics, Tokyo.
Olympiska Spelen i Tokyo 2020.
a very poor shepherd community.
samhälle av fåraherdar.
more proud of her.
stoltare över henne.
like Sarita, Kerabai, Sunita,
Kerabai, Sunita,
that they do not have anything to say,
tror att de har något att säga,
with these women.
dessa kvinnor.
rural women's bank.
kvinnor på landsbygden.
to go to National Stock Exchange
den nationella börsen
to micro rural women entrepreneurs.
till kvinnor på landsbygdens mikroföretag.
women's bank in the world.
kvinnor i världen.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chetna Gala Sinha - Banker, social entrepreneurChetna Gala Sinha is the founder and chair of the Mann Deshi Bank, aimed at the needs of rural women micro-entrepreneurs in India.
Why you should listen
Chetna Gala Sinha is a passionate listener who respects risk-takers -- which makes her a powerful force in the banking world. A longtime activist and farmer, in 1997 she set up the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank, India's first bank for and by rural women. Today, the Mann Deshi Bank has 90,000 account holders, manages business of more than Rs. 150 crores (or 22 million dollars) and regularly creates new financial products to support the needs of female micro-entrepreneurs. In 2006, Sinha founded the first business school for rural women in India, and in 2013, she launched a toll-free helpline and the first Chambers of Commerce for women micro-entrepreneurs in the country. In 2012, she set up a community empowerment program for farmers that supports water conservation; it has built ten check dams and impacted 50,000 people.
In January 2018, Sinha served as a co-chair of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and in November 2017, she was honored with a leadership award from Forbes India.
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