Reading Matter: Gender and Development in and through Co-ops

In 1990, AWCF began its journey of advocating gender equality and gender equity in and through co-operatives in Asia--empowering women as well as men toward promoting a quality way of life. The journey continues to be rich and colorful, filled with learning and experiences, lessons and milestones that have helped to continue inspiring AWCF in fulfilling its objectives. Through various reading materials that it publishes, AWCF shares its journey with the interested reader. These reading materials are based on AWCF's advocacies, program outputs, research, results of AWCF-led regional conferences, and varied experiences in co-ops and development work of its members in different Asian countries. These materials will be useful to co-operators, development workers, community leaders, policy-makers, researchers, academicians, the media, and the general public including those plain curious about Gender and Development matters, particularly in the setting of the co-operative, the field in which AWCF mainly operates.

Details about these AWCF publications are available in the AWCF homepage, particularly:
http://coopwomen.org/awcfcms/index.php/resources/publications

• The Hidden Half: Women Co-op Leaders and Decision-Makers—Monograph No. 1
• A Development Link-A Look at Women, Co-ops, and the Community—Monograph No. 2
• MSMEs in Co-ops: A Way to Quality Life in Asia—Monograph 3
• Empowering Women in Co-operatives Through ICT—Monograph No. 4
• Learning from Experience: Co-op Business Development Centers—Monograph No. 5
• Trainer’s Manual on Training for Women Leaders Transforming Co-operatives
• Gaining Ground—Case Stories of Gender and Development in the Co-op
• Regional Forum on “ICT Applications in Enterprise Development: Building Networks and Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs in Co-operatives”
• Regional Conference on “Gender Integration in Co-operatives: 10 Years Before and After”
• Transformative Leadership Adoption Assessment: A Manual for Co-operatives
• Regional Conference Report—Transformative Leadership for Co-operatives in Asia: Transforming Leadership, Transforming Co-operatives, Transforming Society
• Conference Report—Regional Forum on Women, Gender and Co-operatives in Asia: Meeting Challenges, Exploring Opportunities
• Trainer's Manual on Transformative Leadership Training for Co-operatives: Transformative Leadership, Transformative Co-operatives
• Gender-Sensitivity Training: A Manual for Co-ops in Malaysia
• A Training Manual on Gender and Co-operatives in Thailand
• Gender Impact of Globalization of the Economy: Challenges to Co-operatives in the New Millennium
• Less Words, More Action: How to Increase Women's Participation in Leadership and Decision-Making in Co-operatives
• Liberating Co-ops: A Guide to Creating Women-Friendly and Gender-Responsive Co-ops in the Philippines
• Regional Conference Report on “Women in Decision-Making in Co-operatives”
• A Declaration and Platform of Action for the Enhancement of Women's Participation in Leadership and Decision-Making in Co-operatives
• Liberating Co-ops: Stories of Women-Friendly and Gender-Responsive Co-operatives in the Philippines
• Conference Report: A Showcase of Gender-Responsive Co-operatives in Asia
• Liberating Co-ops—A Video Documentary