AWCF promotes GE in co-op summit

AWCF Executive Director Ms Salome A. Ganibe was among the speakers in the Philippines’s 11th “National Cooperative Summit," organized by the Philippine Cooperative Center (PCC), October 10-12, 2012 in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.  

Summit theme was "Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better Philippines: Transformative Cooperatives for People, Planet, Prosperity and Peace,” and about 3,000 co-operators/delegates attended. Ms Ganibe spoke on “Gender Equality in Co-ops: Empowering Households” and presented an accompanying video documentary (later expanded into this version of the video). Ms Ganibe emphasized to the audience that the socio-economic benefits of GE integration in co-op organizations will also benefit their membership, especially in the household level. And the benefits and changes ensuing in the household will, in turn, make the co-op an even stronger and more effective vehicle for change, for both women and men.