Over the last two decades,

Rehana, 42, has been working on improving her tailoring skills, learning to cut, sew, and recently, design and stitch salwar suits for boutiques and individual customers

But even though she often works 12-hour days,

she has little income security or any kind of safety net for herself and her family of eight

The lockdown and the Delhi Riots last years have left the family in distress

and Rehana has had to take her youngest child out of school because the fee, ₹2,500, has become unaffordable

Rehana's problems echo those faced by many among the 96 million women who work in India's informal economy

According to 'Women in The Informal Economy', a February 2021 report of the IWWAGE and ISST

At a time when women's participation in the labour force in India is at a historic low, falling to 17.5% in 2017-18...