Airbnb, SEWA extend partnership for rural women hosts in Ladakh

Airbnb has extended its partnership with the Self Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA), an organisation representing 1.5 million self-employed women living mostly in India’s rural areas, to onboard SEWA members from Ladakh as hosts on the Airbnb platform.

This partnership will expand livelihood opportunities for women in rural Ladakh and form part of broader efforts to rebuild tourism in a way that delivers positive outcomes for communities.

Through this extended partnership, Airbnb will train SEWA members on home sharing, hospitality, quality standards and responsible hosting practices under the ‘Hum Sab Ek’ (We are One) initiative, while fostering digital inclusion and enabling