A Declaration and Platform of Action for the Enhancement of Women's Participation in Leadership and Decision- Making in Co-operatives: Regional Conference on Women in Decision- Making in Cooperative- Philippines 1997

Abstract

The Declaration and Platform of Action For the Enhancement of Women’s Participation in Leadership and Decision-Making in Co-operatives are two important outputs of the regional conference on “Women in Decision-Making in Co-operatives” held in May 7-9, 1997 in Tagaytay City, Philippines. The conference was jointly organized by the Asian Women in Co-operative Development Forum (AWCF) and the International Co-operative Alliance Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (ICAROAP). The purposes of the conference were: a) to analyze the low representation of women in the leadership and decision-making positions and processes in society and in co-operatives, and b) to present practical actions on how to increase women’s participation in leadership and decision-making in co-operatives at all levels; primary, secondary, tertiary, regional and international.