Download or read book Women Empowerment Through Cooperative Sector written by Muzamil Jan and published by Reliance Publishing House. This book was released on 2009 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women's empowerment is seen as an entry point for women's integration into development. Majority of women in India need income for survival. Both in rural and urban areas, more females than males are reported as marginal workers, who form a substantial proportion in all age groups among females. In this context, this book attempts to improve the status of women through cooperative sector of economy. The book identifies major thrust areas where women have god entrepreneurship quality and which cooperatives can explore for the development of women. This book also presents status of women's cooperatives vis-à-vis men's cooperatives in order to assess who among them are the potential stakeholders in economic development. The book has necessitated the organisation of women's cooperatives around their occupational tasks and measures for facilitating credited facilities to them for their empowerment.

Download or read book Women Empowerment Through Cooperative Sector written by Prakash M. Tayede and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A qualitative study exploring women s empowerment in coffee cooperatives in Chiapas Mexico written by Eissler, Sarah and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study presents findings from a qualitative research study conducted in Chiapas, Mexico that is one component of a larger activity funded by the Walmart Foundation and implemented by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), titled Applying New Evidence for Women’s Empowerment (ANEW). ANEW seeks to generate evidence from mixed-methods evaluations of women’s empowerment in production and other entrepreneurial efforts at different nodes of agricultural value chains and aims to develop and validate measures of women’s empowerment that focus on agricultural marketing and collective empowerment at the group level, both of which build upon the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index for Market Inclusion (pro-WEAI+MI). In this report, we present findings of a qualitative study of coffee cooperatives supported by Root Capital in Chiapas, Mexico and how Root Capital engages with them to advance women’s economic empowerment, among other objectives. As part of this study, we aimed to describe the gender dynamics and roles and responsibilities of men and women in the coffee value chain in Chiapas, and the opportunities and barriers faced as a result of these dynamics. This study employed qualitative methods to collect primary data from types of respondents using individual and group interviews. Two coffee cooperatives in Chiapas that work with Root Capital were selected to participate in this study. From June to July 2023, 21 individual interviews and 9 group interviews were conducted with market actors, men and women coffee cooperative leaders, men and women cooperative members and their wives, and Root Capital staff from two municipalities in Chiapas. The data were transcribed into Spanish and then translated into English. These transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis in NVivo software. A codebook inclusive of inductive and deductive themes was developed to guide the thematic analysis. This study design adhered to best practices for ethical research and received approval from IFPRI’s IRB. Several limitations should be considered when reviewing the findings and conclusions of this study. There exist defined gender roles and divisions of labor at each node of the coffee value chain in Chiapas, and participants often described these roles as expected given social norms or perceived gender-specific limitations of natural abilities that would shape how men or women could engage in different activities. Men and women indicated that while men are in charge of coffee production activities, women do spend time contributing to cleaning and management activities, and that women are heavily involved in the coffee harvest. Both men and women explained that women are responsible for processing activities, which can be time consuming and laborious, but often occur close to the home. Although the coffee harvest activities require physical labor in picking and carrying the baskets of ripened cherries, there is a perception that women cannot participate in other post-harvesting activities, such as transporting bags of coffee, because the lifting is too physically heavy of a task for women. Men are responsible for managing the sale of coffee and directly negotiating with the buyer to the extent that a negotiation happens. In instances when buyers travel to the household as the point of sale, women can participate in sales, typically facilitating the sale under the direction of her husband. However, women still do not lift the coffee bags nor transport the bags for sale. And many coffee producing households prefer to or sometimes need to hire labor to help with coffee harvest activities; they tend to hire men as laborers more out of preference or their availability compared to women. Men and women interviewed for this study also described their perceptions and understanding of empowerment and elements of an empowered person with relation to engaging in the coffee value chain. Overall, while the concept of an empowered person was difficult for both men and women to relate to, they shared perceptions of how relations between men and women had changed over the years. Respecting women’s rights or the perception of respecting women’s rights was more acknowledged at the time of the interviews than in previous years, and it was more common to see men and women both generating incomes for the household. Men and women shared different perspectives regarding attitudes toward intimate partner violence, whereas both acknowledged men often mistreated their wives, but women discussed it as a private matter where men shared concerns over women’s reaction to the mistreatment rather than the mistreatment itself. Varying access to resources limited both men and women farmer’s ability to advance in the coffee value chain, particularly access to credit, which was limited for both men and women in the study areas. Limited access to credit with favorable or reasonable terms limited men’s and women’s ability to hire additional labor on their coffee farm or to purchase machines that would reduce specifically women’s time burdens within the household. Women’s time use is constrained by expectations and normative tasks in ways that men are not constrained. Future research is needed and discussed to better understand these dynamics of gendered roles and relations and elements of empowerment in the coffee value chain in Chiapas. Men and women members of the two respective cooperatives shared differences in how they were able to participate in and benefit from their participation in each cooperative. One cooperative provided more opportunities for members to directly engage in meetings, social activities, and capacity building opportunities whereas the other operated through a more decentralized structure and did not offer opportunities for members to directly participate in decision-making or meetings beyond the representation of their delegate. Members of both cooperatives perceived their cooperatives to be consistent and reliable coffee buyers offering stable prices. The former cooperative was also perceived as a source of support and community for members to advance their coffee production and post-harvesting activities. Both cooperatives also addressed key barriers faced by members, such as providing consistent and reliable pricing. Some members reported that cooperatives offered higher prices than those offered by non-cooperative buyers. Cooperatives also provided transportation options for producers to sell their coffee, which also enables women to have more engagement in coffee sales. However, normative barriers, such as women’s existing time burdens and their need for their husbands’ permission, limits women’s full participation in the cooperatives. Finally, we explored the extent to which Root Capital’s engagement with the cooperatives had supported activities or changes that strengthen women’s empowerment by understanding members and leaders’ perceptions of this engagement. Overall, cooperative members were generally unaware of Root Capital and its engagement with the cooperative. Since Root Capital does not provide direct services to farmers or cooperative members, it was not surprising that many cooperative members were generally unaware of Root Capital and its engagement with the cooperative. However, a few were aware of Root Capital, knowing it had provided their cooperative a loan to purchase and maintain a truck, which was used to reduce barriers faced by producers to bring their coffee to the point of sale and had implications for shifting gender roles to manage coffee sales. Cooperative leaders reflected on the loan that facilitated increased transportation capacity, as well as other benefits from working with Root Capital. However, as Root Capital operates with a client-driven approach, adoption of the Gender Equity Advisory services was limited as these services only became recently available in 2021 and cooperatives opted not to prioritize these until 2023. Therefore, there was limited data to understand how these activities may be influencing cooperative operations, gender dynamics and roles, and perception of women engaged in the coffee value chain at the time of this study. We present several recommendations for areas of future research and considerations for Root Capital to strengthen its approach to gender equity programming.

Download or read book Women s Economic Empowerment Through Cooperatives for Household Development in Rwanda Case Study Empowering Women Through Cooperative Development EWCD Program in the Districts of Ngoma and Kirehe Eastern Province written by Appoline Uwimbabazi and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gendered Perceptions in Maize Supply Chains written by Bjorn Van Campenhout and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Farm Women Empowerment Through Dairy Co Operative Societies written by Swain, Pitambar and published by New India Publishing Agency. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Unity is the Strength”. People have enormous power, that too women. If this principle could be applied in our every walk of life, the sky would be the limit of the fruits of success. The women should be awaken for their unbelievable potential they have. This potential should be converted into the capability through appropriate intervention. Dairy Cooperative Society is one of the best alternative means for farm women to engage and empower themselves in all aspects of their life. Cow keeping and curd making are the traditional practices of rural women. Only this practice is to be channelized in a systematic cooperative mechanism for greater interest and better performance. Farm women can be self- sustained socio- economically by adopting our traditional day’s tradition of cow keeping and curd making. The book explains steps need to be taken in the functioning of Women Dairy Cooperatives Societies such as their performance, functioning, organization, entrepreneurial behavior of members & constraints in functioning etc. with the support of research evidence.

Download or read book Women led cooperatives support programme written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "FAO Türkiye’s Women-led cooperatives support programme" booklet offers a multi-faceted look into the role of cooperatives in women’s economic, social, and cultural empowerment. The document is an illuminating exposition on the intersection of gender equality, sustainable development, and agricultural development cooperatives. The booklet dives into FAO's Global Strategy on Women-led Cooperatives, detailing success stories that underscore the transformative power of these cooperatives in rural Turkish communities. The narrative weaves through the framework of FAO's Strategic Objectives, demonstrating how cooperatives serve as a platform for rural women’s empowerment, offering both economic opportunities and a platform for social and cultural engagement. Furthermore, ten of these cooperatives jointly initiated the establishment of a new e-commerce platform, hepyerinden.coop, under the guidance of FAO Türkiye. Hepyerinden.coop aims to enhance market opportunities and contribute to the long-term sustainability of the cooperatives by enabling them to reach a broader customer base by digitalization. This comprehensive resource is designed to appeal to a broad audience, from global development actors to local stakeholders including policymakers, researchers, practitioners in the field of gender and agricultural development, and anyone interested in the intersection of gender equality and sustainable agriculture by illuminating the cooperative model as a force for transformative change. It serves as an educational tool, offering insights into the practical aspects of running and sustaining women-led cooperatives, while also addressing broader themes such as women's rights, economic development, and social justice in the context of Türkiye's evolving cooperative movement. Through its detailed analysis and compelling case studies, the document underscores the vital role of cooperatives in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in the agriculture sector.

Download or read book Women s empowerment through collective action how can forest and farm producer organisations can make a difference written by Bolin, A. and published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research report explores different organisational structures and social and cultural services from a gender-equality and women’s empowerment perspective. More specifically, it examines how access to social and cultural services can facilitate women’s participation in economic and political life. The producer organisation business model provides advantages in creating job opportunities and access to markets for women, positive spill-over effects in both household and group businesses, and access to social services such as vocational trainings, childcare and maternity leave – all of which support women to participate in the labour market on a more equal footing with men.

Download or read book Voice and Agency written by Jeni Klugman and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite recent advances in important aspects of the lives of girls and women, pervasive challenges remain. These challenges reflect widespread deprivations and constraints and include epidemic levels of gender-based violence and discriminatory laws and norms that prevent women from owning property, being educated, and making meaningful decisions about their own lives--such as whether and when to marry or have children. These often violate their most basic rights and are magnified and multiplied by poverty and lack of education. This groundbreaking book distills vast data and hundreds of studies to shed new light on deprivations and constraints facing the voice and agency of women and girls worldwide, and on the associated costs for individuals, families, communities, and global development. The volume presents major new findings about the patterns of constraints and overlapping deprivations and focuses on several areas key to women s empowerment: freedom from violence, sexual and reproductive health and rights, ownership of land and housing, and voice and collective action. It highlights promising reforms and interventions from around the world and lays out an urgent agenda for governments, civil society, development agencies, and other stakeholders, including a call for greater investment in data and knowledge to benchmark progress.

Download or read book Entrepreneurship And Women Empowerment written by Muzamil Jan and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is considerable evidence that women's employment in existing occupations has been affected seriously by technological laissez-faire. Growth of a competing mechanised sector with huge resources and influences at its command has grown within the same industries in which women are employed in large numbers such as handlooms, handicrafts and carpet industries. This mechanised sector has snatched away both raw material and market from women producers who are unorganised and resourceless. Social supports are required to make such women a viable economic unit. As cooperatives are socio-economic units. As cooperatives are socio-economics units, this book is an attempt to explore the economic opportunities for women, empower them through cooperative sector of economy, develop entrepreneurship skills among them and thereby improve their socio-economics status.

Download or read book Cooperatives and Social Innovation written by D. Rajasekhar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses social innovations by cooperatives from the Asia and Pacific region. Social innovations emerge when the state and market in developing countries find it difficult to solve problems such as poverty, hunger, ill health, poor education systems, inadequate drinking water and poor sanitation. These countries also face barriers to economic growth such as climate change, poor governance, unequal opportunities and social exclusion. This volume therefore addresses the following questions. What are the distinctive features of social innovations by cooperatives? How social innovations bring in changes in the process and outcome of development? After presenting theories of social innovation and a critical review of cooperatives and social innovation, the book presents 15 chapters on social innovations by cooperatives in the Asia Pacific region. These social innovations are related to health insurance, community based tourism, disaster response, climate smart agriculture, use of social media for youth empowerment, training for the emergence of second-line leaders in cooperatives, social inclusion through innovative finance, profitable marketing of organic produce to strengthen economic status of small farmers, digital auction and value addition for income security of farmer members, collaboration between cooperative members and workers for the mutual benefit, worker cooperatives, women leadership and participation, building union-cooperative partnership in finance and rating of cooperatives to promote transparency and accountability. A chapter on innovative services of cooperatives during the time of Covid19 is also included. This volume will be quite significant for co-operators, researchers, teachers, practitioners and policy-makers at the global level. The theme is relevant for international development community and national cooperatives with concern for their communities, which is the seventh cooperative principle of International Cooperative Alliance and the Sustainable Development Goal of the UN.

Download or read book Gender Integration in Co operatives written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is for all who are working for gender equality and gender equity in and through co-operatives, and women's empowerment and development as co-op members and leaders.

Download or read book Gender Disparity in Economic Sector written by Muzamil Jan and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents gender disparity in economic sector across the world with special reference to India. The book identifies cooperative sector suitable for eliminating such disparity and thereby empowering women. The contents of this book are logically divided into six chapters to enable the readers comprehend thoroughly the vital aspects and issues of gender disparity in cooperatives. The first chapter views patterns of gender disparities across the countries; while the second chapter specifically refers gender disparity in India. The third chapter necessitates empowerment of people through cooperatives. The fourth chapter reveals the worldwide efforts made for the involvement of women in cooperatives; while chapter five depicts gender comparison in India cooperatives. Chapter six puts forth the entrepreneur behaviour of women through cooperatives.

Download or read book The Cooperatives Initiative for Women Empowerment in Selected Primary Cooperatives in Metro Manila written by Jonah Marie Clarion and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women are one of the most undervalued sectors in society, however women's empowerment is making significant progress. The purpose of this study is to unravel the cooperative initiatives to empower women based on the experiences of the selected women in primary cooperatives in Metro Manila. The purpose of this study is to provide a narrative about the effects of such initiatives and the importance of continuously empowering women. The study concludes that cooperative initiatives empower women by providing seminars, training, and women-focused programs and activities. Women were given to develop leadership, socializing, and other life skills that may be used at home and generate income. Women gain financial expertise. Some secondary participants can't attend training due to a lack of time, inadequate information, or debt-ridden employee. This study showed that women improved their lives through cooperative initiatives. This study indicated that most cooperative members are women; therefore, empowering women is important. The researchers highly suggest reassessing the cooperatives' policies to ensure that all women members can actively participate in programs, trainings, and seminars as well as develop partnerships with other agencies and for the government agency in charge to be more hands-on in creating plans, policies, and conducting assessments.

Download or read book Entrepreneurship Development for Women Through Cooperative Sector written by Muzamil Jan and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Brings Front That Cooperative Sector Has Not Taken Much Interest In The Formation Of Women S Cooperative And When They Have, Men Usually Still Dominate It. Yet Those Who Have Successfully Organized Their Has Not Only Strengthened And Increased Their, But Has Also Changed Their Perceptions In Positives Way. These Perceptions Have Effective On Many Issues Such As Resistance Against Changes In Technology Which Could Create Loss Of Employment, Appeals For Improving Legal Services To Safeguard Women S Rights And Reduction Of Occupational And Occupational Health Hazards. This Book Present Ways Measures For Engaging Poor Women In Cooperatives And Thereby Leading Them To Bread. Cooperative Education Needs To Be Included In Academic Streamline. Cooperative Department Also Requires Reviewing Its Infrastructure And Credit Policies And Training Their Personnel Their Own Cooperatives.

Download or read book Development Empowerment of Rural Women s Organizations in Turkey written by Mina Furat and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Study analyzes the conditions, problems and potential of rural women's empowerment through a sample of rural women's organizations (two women's cooperative, seven rural development cooperative and one village women association) with a socialist feminist perspective. In this study, it is stated that the agricultural sector policies and rural development policy were constructed in relation with the conditions of underdevelopment in Turkey. It is notable that these policies are formulated without taking precautions for the survival of small sized farming households in rural areas. Despite these general influences of underdevelopment to Turkish Agricultural Sector and patriarchal ideology, these women's organizations could be successful to some extent empowering their members with the recognized dimensions of empowerment such as; psychological, economical, social, organizational and political. With this study, it could be said that while economic empowerment and psychological empowerment are the base of all dimensions of empowerment, social empowerment and organizational empowerment are the most dynamic processes of empowerment and political empowerment is the hardest to achieve.

Download or read book How Women Fare in East African Cooperatives written by Eva Majurin and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of the status of women's participation in cooperatives in East Africa, assesses the factors affecting it, analyses its benefits, and reviews the emerging good practices in this field. Highlights practical steps for the development of a more gender-equitable model of cooperative development that advances women's empowerment.