Gender equality is one of the perceived ways of further developing co-ops, particularly in the Philippines where the CDA issued a memorandum circular to all registered co-ops in the country to promote and engage in gender mainstreaming.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Day 1 and Day 2 of AWCF's trainers' training on gender for co-ops
Ongoing: The Asian Women in Co-operative Development Forum (AWCF)'s "Training of Trainers (TOT) on Gender in Co-operatives" started September 2, 2014 to last until September 5, 2014. It is being held in one of the hotels in suburban Quezon City in the Philippines, where 33 participants (27 females and 3 males) are taking part. The participants comes from primary and federation co-ops, local government units, and the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) of the Philippine government.
Gender equality is one of the perceived ways of further developing co-ops, particularly in the Philippines where the CDA issued a memorandum circular to all registered co-ops in the country to promote and engage in gender mainstreaming.
Gender equality is one of the perceived ways of further developing co-ops, particularly in the Philippines where the CDA issued a memorandum circular to all registered co-ops in the country to promote and engage in gender mainstreaming.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Co-op trainers training on gender this September
The Asian Women in Co-operative Development Forum (AWCF) will hold
the "Training of Trainers (TOT) on Gender for Co-operatives" on
September 2-5, 2014 in the Philippines. Venue is the Great Eastern Hotel
in Quezon Avenue, Quezon City. This TOT is for members of co-ops'
Gender Committee and Education Committee; Gender Focal Persons; human
resource staff; and trainers who will handle gender education in co-ops.
Interested co-operators can contact the Manila-based AWCF Secretariat for this training and other gender equality-related concerns. E-mail:
gadsummit@coopwomen.org or gender.coop@yahoo.com. Mobile: 09178436390 or 09174579228.
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WHY GENDER IN CO-OPS?--A Backgrounder
Co-operatives, being both social and economic enterprise, have a role to play in ensuring that the benefits gained from co-operation are equally shared by women and men members. This is warranted in two of the "Seven Principles of Co-operatives": under Principle 1) Voluntary and Open Membership, and Principle 2) Democratic Member Control. In the Philippines, the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the New Co-op Law, Rule 11, Section 5 on Social Audit of Co-ops also requires organizations to show activities and programs on their contribution to the promotion of gender-fair culture and practices.
On November 18, 2013, the Philippines's Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) issued Memorandum Circular (MC) 2013-22 “Guidelines on Mainstreaming Gender and Development (GAD) in Cooperatives" (http://cda.gov.ph/images/Issuances/MCs/MC2013-22-Guidelines-on-mainstreaming-GAD-in-coops.pdf). This MC on GAD aims at disseminating to the co-op sector the GAD mandate of the Philippine government so as to ensure the promotion of gender equality (GE) and the institutionalization of GAD in policies, programs, and other activities in co-ops. Since co-operatives are the key development players in rural communities, GAD is important to co-ops’ sustainability.
GAD efforts of co-ops enable them to integrate GE that leads, in turn, to even more economic and social growth in the co-ops because:
>National summit on GAD was held
In March 2014, the Philippines's "National Summit on GAD in Co-ops" was held in Subic Bay, Philippines, organized by the CDA and AWCF. It was attended by 568 delegates from 429 co-op organizations. A "Declaration and Call for Action" of the National Summit was crafted by the participants, which contained the co-ops' concerns and recommendations/resolutions about GE, and the co-ops' commitments in bringing about and strengthening GAD in co-ops. The Declaration and Call for Action emphasized the mainstreaming GAD in the co-ops to bring gender perspective to all aspects of the co-op policy, development plans and activities, budget, mechanisms and instruments through buildinggender capacity and accountability.
>TOT on gender for co-ops is made available
The TOT on gender to be held by AWCF is part of the GAD mainstreaming activities of co-ops. Co-ops need to:
Recognizing that there is still much work to be done in raising the GE awareness of both women and men in co-ops, AWCF will conduct this TOT on Gender for Co-ops to help trainers and advocates enhance their skills specifically in handling gender education.
As a Asian regional organization on gender and co-op development, AWCF works in and through co-ops in the region. Among its programs that had been implemented recently were capacity-building on gender for a number of Philippine co-operatives that have now become gender-fair and gender-sensitive organizations that enjoy the economic and social benefits of GE (see AWCF website http://coopwomen.org).
Interested co-operators can contact the Manila-based AWCF Secretariat for this training and other gender equality-related concerns. E-mail:
gadsummit@coopwomen.org or gender.coop@yahoo.com. Mobile: 09178436390 or 09174579228.
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WHY GENDER IN CO-OPS?--A Backgrounder
Co-operatives, being both social and economic enterprise, have a role to play in ensuring that the benefits gained from co-operation are equally shared by women and men members. This is warranted in two of the "Seven Principles of Co-operatives": under Principle 1) Voluntary and Open Membership, and Principle 2) Democratic Member Control. In the Philippines, the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the New Co-op Law, Rule 11, Section 5 on Social Audit of Co-ops also requires organizations to show activities and programs on their contribution to the promotion of gender-fair culture and practices.
On November 18, 2013, the Philippines's Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) issued Memorandum Circular (MC) 2013-22 “Guidelines on Mainstreaming Gender and Development (GAD) in Cooperatives" (http://cda.gov.ph/images/Issuances/MCs/MC2013-22-Guidelines-on-mainstreaming-GAD-in-coops.pdf). This MC on GAD aims at disseminating to the co-op sector the GAD mandate of the Philippine government so as to ensure the promotion of gender equality (GE) and the institutionalization of GAD in policies, programs, and other activities in co-ops. Since co-operatives are the key development players in rural communities, GAD is important to co-ops’ sustainability.
GAD efforts of co-ops enable them to integrate GE that leads, in turn, to even more economic and social growth in the co-ops because:
- with GE, co-ops give attention to the needs and contributions of both women and men members, and
- equal opportunities given to both women and men help strengthen even more the co-ops and communities.
>National summit on GAD was held
In March 2014, the Philippines's "National Summit on GAD in Co-ops" was held in Subic Bay, Philippines, organized by the CDA and AWCF. It was attended by 568 delegates from 429 co-op organizations. A "Declaration and Call for Action" of the National Summit was crafted by the participants, which contained the co-ops' concerns and recommendations/resolutions about GE, and the co-ops' commitments in bringing about and strengthening GAD in co-ops. The Declaration and Call for Action emphasized the mainstreaming GAD in the co-ops to bring gender perspective to all aspects of the co-op policy, development plans and activities, budget, mechanisms and instruments through buildinggender capacity and accountability.
>TOT on gender for co-ops is made available
The TOT on gender to be held by AWCF is part of the GAD mainstreaming activities of co-ops. Co-ops need to:
- capacitate people to support the continuing GE education of the co-op members, officers, and staff
- update and enhance skills customized to the functions of the co-ops' Gender Committee and Education Committees; Gender Focal Persons; human resource staff; and trainers
Recognizing that there is still much work to be done in raising the GE awareness of both women and men in co-ops, AWCF will conduct this TOT on Gender for Co-ops to help trainers and advocates enhance their skills specifically in handling gender education.
As a Asian regional organization on gender and co-op development, AWCF works in and through co-ops in the region. Among its programs that had been implemented recently were capacity-building on gender for a number of Philippine co-operatives that have now become gender-fair and gender-sensitive organizations that enjoy the economic and social benefits of GE (see AWCF website http://coopwomen.org).
Friday, July 25, 2014
AWCF conducts monitoring and evaluation training in Tagum Co-op
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The "Training on Monitoring and Evaluation for Tagum Cooperative Programs,"
held at the Training Hall, Tagum Co-op Building, Tagum City,
Philippines, July 22-24, 2014, was organized by the Gender Committee of Tagum Co-op (http://
The training was attended by 33 participants from Tagum Co-op's Board of Directors, Education Committee, Gender Committee, Youth Group, Human Resources Group, Marketing, and Car and Loans Group.
The training's general objective was for Tagum Co-op's program committees to be able to design a monitoring and evaluation (M & E) system as a tool for good Co-op governance. Specifically, the training will help participants plan, design, and implement a results-based M & E system within the Co-op; and demonstrate how an M & E system is a valuable tool in supporting good Co-op governance.
Tagum Co-op was organized in 1967 by a few members. It has grown through the years to be one of the most progressive and gender-fair co-ops in the Philippines, always seeking ways to even better serve its membership and community.
Photo from the first day of Tagum Co-op's M & E training shows Tagum Co-op's participants led by Co-op Chairperson Ms Norma Pereyras (4th from left) and other Board members, and AWCF's resource persons.
The training was attended by 33 participants from Tagum Co-op's Board of Directors, Education Committee, Gender Committee, Youth Group, Human Resources Group, Marketing, and Car and Loans Group.
The training's general objective was for Tagum Co-op's program committees to be able to design a monitoring and evaluation (M & E) system as a tool for good Co-op governance. Specifically, the training will help participants plan, design, and implement a results-based M & E system within the Co-op; and demonstrate how an M & E system is a valuable tool in supporting good Co-op governance.
Tagum Co-op was organized in 1967 by a few members. It has grown through the years to be one of the most progressive and gender-fair co-ops in the Philippines, always seeking ways to even better serve its membership and community.
Photo from the first day of Tagum Co-op's M & E training shows Tagum Co-op's participants led by Co-op Chairperson Ms Norma Pereyras (4th from left) and other Board members, and AWCF's resource persons.
Monday, June 30, 2014
Trainers' training on gender equality in co-ops
ONGOING: "Training of Trainers (TOT) for Gender in Co-operatives"
Organized and conducted by the Asian Women in Co-operative Development Forum (AWCF)
Hotel Supreme Convention Plaza, Magsaysay Ave., Baguio City, PH; July 1-July 6, 2014
NOTE: The "TOT on Gender in Co-operatives" will also be conducted in the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines. All of the TOT conducts in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao can be attended by participants from any island groupings. Dates and venues of the TOT in Visayas and Mindanao will be announced soon.
INQUIRIES on registration and other information on this TOT can be obtained by e-mailing AWCF at awcf@coopwomen.org; gadsummit@coopwomen.org; and gender.coop@yahoo.com
Mobile numbers +639178436390 and +639175728895.
--All about the "Training of Trainers (TOT) for Gender in Co-operatives"
Is your co-operative interested in implementing a gender program? Does your co-op want to enjoy the social and economic benefits of being a gender-fair and gender-sensitive co-op? AWCF invites all Philippine co-ops to join the:
"Training of Trainers (TOT) for Gender in Co-operatives"
WHERE and WHEN: To be conducted in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao regions, Philippines. Venues and dates of Visayas and Mindanao TOTs to be announced soon.
WHO: For co-op's Gender Committee and Education Committee members, Gender Focal Persons (GFPs), human resource trainers, and other trainers who want to enable change and make change work for the continuous development of Philippine co-operatives
WHAT: Training Objective: After the training, the participants’ knowledge, attitudes, skills, and capacity as gender trainers will be enhanced thus enabling them to organize, conduct and manage gender equality (GE)-related training activities in co-ops.
Specifically, the participants will:
• Understand and differentiate sex and gender, determine factors that influence gender, and reflect to build awareness of their gender situation
that affects relations with one another and with the co-operatives
• Commit to make changes in themselves and put equal value on men and women – their roles, contributions, rights, benefits; and break down
gender issues and apply the new ideas to respond to the call of bringing about gender equality (GE) at home, work, and in the co-ops
• Have better understanding of the principles and concepts of the adult education training process, and be more skillful in the selection of
appropriate training approaches and methodologies for effective conduct of gender training events
• Deepen their commitment in preparing a GE training plan of action to promote greater gender awareness within the co-ops.
ORGANIZER:
AWCF (www.coopwomen.org) is a resource center and advocacy body on gender and co-op development. Since its founding in 1990, AWCF’s activities in the Philippines and five other Asian countries have aimed at helping support co-operative growth through the advocacy and practice of GE in co-ops. Toward this goal, one of AWCF’s foremost activities is giving training to gender trainers, GFPs, gender advocates, and role models who will be GE champions in their co-operatives and will, in turn, train and inspire even more gender-aware co-operators. AWCF has extensive experience in gender mainstreaming in co-operatives in the Philippines and in Asia. It works with various in-country and international agencies in designing and implementing gender and co-op development programs and projects.
CDA Accredited Training Provider (Accreditation Number: CTPRO 070)
Organized and conducted by the Asian Women in Co-operative Development Forum (AWCF)
Hotel Supreme Convention Plaza, Magsaysay Ave., Baguio City, PH; July 1-July 6, 2014
NOTE: The "TOT on Gender in Co-operatives" will also be conducted in the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines. All of the TOT conducts in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao can be attended by participants from any island groupings. Dates and venues of the TOT in Visayas and Mindanao will be announced soon.
INQUIRIES on registration and other information on this TOT can be obtained by e-mailing AWCF at awcf@coopwomen.org; gadsummit@coopwomen.org; and gender.coop@yahoo.com
Mobile numbers +639178436390 and +639175728895.
--All about the "Training of Trainers (TOT) for Gender in Co-operatives"
Is your co-operative interested in implementing a gender program? Does your co-op want to enjoy the social and economic benefits of being a gender-fair and gender-sensitive co-op? AWCF invites all Philippine co-ops to join the:
"Training of Trainers (TOT) for Gender in Co-operatives"
WHERE and WHEN: To be conducted in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao regions, Philippines. Venues and dates of Visayas and Mindanao TOTs to be announced soon.
WHO: For co-op's Gender Committee and Education Committee members, Gender Focal Persons (GFPs), human resource trainers, and other trainers who want to enable change and make change work for the continuous development of Philippine co-operatives
WHAT: Training Objective: After the training, the participants’ knowledge, attitudes, skills, and capacity as gender trainers will be enhanced thus enabling them to organize, conduct and manage gender equality (GE)-related training activities in co-ops.
Specifically, the participants will:
• Understand and differentiate sex and gender, determine factors that influence gender, and reflect to build awareness of their gender situation
that affects relations with one another and with the co-operatives
• Commit to make changes in themselves and put equal value on men and women – their roles, contributions, rights, benefits; and break down
gender issues and apply the new ideas to respond to the call of bringing about gender equality (GE) at home, work, and in the co-ops
• Have better understanding of the principles and concepts of the adult education training process, and be more skillful in the selection of
appropriate training approaches and methodologies for effective conduct of gender training events
• Deepen their commitment in preparing a GE training plan of action to promote greater gender awareness within the co-ops.
ORGANIZER:
AWCF (www.coopwomen.org) is a resource center and advocacy body on gender and co-op development. Since its founding in 1990, AWCF’s activities in the Philippines and five other Asian countries have aimed at helping support co-operative growth through the advocacy and practice of GE in co-ops. Toward this goal, one of AWCF’s foremost activities is giving training to gender trainers, GFPs, gender advocates, and role models who will be GE champions in their co-operatives and will, in turn, train and inspire even more gender-aware co-operators. AWCF has extensive experience in gender mainstreaming in co-operatives in the Philippines and in Asia. It works with various in-country and international agencies in designing and implementing gender and co-op development programs and projects.
CDA Accredited Training Provider (Accreditation Number: CTPRO 070)
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Now online: Declaration and Call for Action of the Philippines's National Summit on GAD in Co-ops
The 12-page “Declaration and Call for Action of the Philippines’s ‘National Summit on Gender and Development (GAD) in Co-ops’” is now available online at http://coopwomen.org/pdfs/full_declaration_final_gadsummit2014_ph1.pdf
The National Summit on GAD in Co-ops was held on March 25-26, 2014 in Subic Bay, Philippines, the first of kind to be held in the country. The event's theme was "Inspiring Change for Women and Men in Co-ops." Organizers were the Asian Women in Co-operative Development Forum (AWCF), a regional resource center andadvocacy body on GAD and co-op development, and Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), the Philippines’s lead government agency on co-op development. Renowned advocates of GAD and co-op development were resource speakers during the two-day conference. Guests also came from other Asian co-op organizations.
The Declaration and Call for Action of the National Summit was
crafted by the gathering’s 568 delegates (34% male and 66% female) from
429 co-op organizations (primaries, unions, federations, co-op banks),
local government units, CDA, and AWCF from all over the Philippines.
The Declaration and Call for Action contains the delegates' concerns
and recommendations/resolutions about gender equality, and their
commitments in bringing about and strengthening GAD in co-ops, which
results to economic and social benefits for co-ops.The delegates drafted this National Summit document through their workshop at the event. In this document, the delegates likewise exhort other Philippine co-ops and all concerned government and private agencies to continue strongly working together for GAD mainstreaming in co-ops.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
AWCF shares on GE in gender and youth congresses
AWCF Executive Director Ms Salome A. Ganibe was a resource speaker at
the “Gender-Youth Congresses” of the MASS-SPECC Cooperative Development
Center (MASS-SPECC), held May 1, 2014 in Madapo, Davao City,
Philippines. She spoke on gender equality (GE) mainstreaming in co-ops.
The other resource speaker was Mr. Perfecto Rom Jr. who is a
democratized agriculture advocate.
MASS-SPECC is a federation of co-ops in the Mindanao region, PH. It is a leading force in the co-op movement as well as in GE advocacy. It established the Gender Equality Resource Center MASS-SPECC (GERC MASS-SPECC) in 2013, along with a number of gender-fair co-ops in Mindanao, to further institutionalize gender in its own organization as well as to assist other co-ops in their GE-related needs.
MASS-SPECC's Gender-Youth Congresses were attended by 114 participants (74 women and 30 men) from 37 co-ops in Mindanao.
On May 2-3, 2014, MASS-SPECC next held its “45th Co-op Leaders’ Congress” and “40th General Assembly” in Lanang, Davao City.
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MASS-SPECC is a federation of co-ops in the Mindanao region, PH. It is a leading force in the co-op movement as well as in GE advocacy. It established the Gender Equality Resource Center MASS-SPECC (GERC MASS-SPECC) in 2013, along with a number of gender-fair co-ops in Mindanao, to further institutionalize gender in its own organization as well as to assist other co-ops in their GE-related needs.
MASS-SPECC's Gender-Youth Congresses were attended by 114 participants (74 women and 30 men) from 37 co-ops in Mindanao.
On May 2-3, 2014, MASS-SPECC next held its “45th Co-op Leaders’ Congress” and “40th General Assembly” in Lanang, Davao City.
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| Ms Ganibe (right) at the gender and youth congresses of MASS-SPECC, May 1, 2014, Philippines. |
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Attention Philippine co-ops!
Philippine co-operatives, join this first-ever and important National Summit. Experience why gender and development/gender equality is good for co-op growth and the empowerment of women and men members. Download the Summit brochure/invitation now!
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