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Author : Joseph Grant Knapp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Agriculture, Cooperative
ISBN : OCLC:1102327371
Author : Joseph Grant Knapp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Agriculture, Cooperative
ISBN : UCD:31175029956201
Author : Muzamil Jan
Publisher : Reliance Publishing House
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Women in cooperative societies
ISBN : 8175102039
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.
Author : Bruno Roelants,Hyungsik Eum,Simel Esim,Sonja Novkovic,Waltteri Katajamäki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000012071
As the world of work and jobs is more uncertain than ever because of various trends impacting it, including the rise of robotics and the gig economy, Cooperatives and the World of Work furthers the debate on the future of work, sustainable development, and the social and solidarity economy of which cooperatives are a fundamental component. Throughout the book, the authors, who are experts in their respective fields, do not limit themselves to praising the advantages of the cooperative model. Rather, they challenge the narrow understanding of cooperatives as a mere business model and raise debate on the more fundamental role that cooperatives play in responding to social changes and in changing society itself. The book is unique in tracing the historical connection between cooperatives and the world of work since the end of the First World War and the recent shifts and restructuring in enterprise and the workplace. It presents a redefinition of the very concept of work, focusing on organizational innovation. This book is published in recognition of 100 years of the International Labour Organization, and gathers together research from leading experts who were brought together at an event co-hosted by the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Author : Eva Majurin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Cooperative societies
ISBN : 9221261484
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.
Author : Leona Theis,Lou Hammond Ketilson,University of Saskatchewan. Centre for the Study of Co-operatives
Publisher : Saskatoon : Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskachewan
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Cooperative societies
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073127726
Author : John N. P. Okonkwo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Cooperation
ISBN : UVA:X002022155
Author : S. Nakkiran,M. Karthikeyan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Women in development
ISBN : 9350560852
Author : Eissler, Sarah,Rubin, Deborah,de Anda, Victoria
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
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.
Author : Cecile S. Abis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Cooperative societies
ISBN : UOM:39015079109016
Author : Jeanne Frances I. Illo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Community development
ISBN : UOM:39015032775127
Author : Linda Mayoux
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Women in cooperative societies
ISBN : UOM:39015017903744
Author : Judith Bruce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Cooperative societies
ISBN : OCLC:10563417
Author : Kimberly M. Grimes,Barbara Lynne Milgram
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0816520887
With new markets opening up for goods produced by artisans from all parts of the world, craft commercialization and craft industries have become key components of local economies. Now with the emergence of the Fair Trade movement and public opposition to sweatshop labor, many people are demanding that artisans in third world countries not be exploited for their labor. Bringing together case studies from the Americas and Asia, this timely collection of articles addresses the interplay among subsistence activities, craft production, and the global market. It contributes to current debates on economic inequality by offering practical examples of the political, economic, and cultural issues surrounding artisan production as an expressive vehicle of ethnic and gender identity. Striking a balance between economic and ethnographic analyses, the contributors observe what has worked and what hasn't in a range of craft cooperatives and show how some artisans have expanded their entrepreneurial role by marketing crafts in addition to producing them. Among the topics discussed are the accommodation of craft traditions in the global market, fair trade issues, and the emerging role of the anthropologist as a proactive agent for artisan groups. As the gap between rich and poor widens, the fate of subsistence economies seems more and more uncertain. The artisans in this book show that people can and do employ innovative opportunities to develop their talents, and in the process strengthen their ethnic identities. Contents Introduction: Facing the Challenges of Artisan Production in the Global Market / Kimberly M. Grimes and B. Lynne Milgram Democratizing International Production and Trade: North American Alternative Trading Organizations / Kimberly M. Grimes Building on Local Strengths: Nepalese Fair Trade Textiles / Rachel MacHenry "That They Be in the Middle, Lord": Women, Weaving, and Cultural Survival in Highland Chiapas, Mexico / Christine E. Eber The International Craft Market: A Double-Edged Sword for Guatemalan Maya Women / Martha Lynd Of Women, Hope, and Angels: Fair Trade and Artisan Production in a Squatter Settlement in Guatemala City / Brenda Rosenbaum Reorganizing Textile Production for the Global Market: WomenÕs Craft Cooperatives in Ifugao, Upland Philippines / B. Lynne Milgram Textile Production in Rural Oaxaca, Mexico, and the Complexities of the Global Market for Handmade Crafts / Jeffrey H. Cohen "Part-Time for Pin Money": The Legacy of Navajo WomenÕs Craft Production / Kathy MÕCloskey The Hard Sell: Anthropologists as Brokers of Crafts in the Global Marketplace / Andrew Causey Postscript: To Market, To Market / June Nash
Author : Poonam Smith-Sreen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Cooperative societies
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043181531
This study evaluates the performance of eight women's cooperatives, in different countries, toward meeting the two-fold goal of higher economic benefits and increased empowerment for its members. The analysis of these case-studies draws generalizations concerning constraints, administrative strategies, and organizational procedures for effective cooperatives. This comparisons between the organizations reveal some factors which are critical to successful outcomes. Creative solutions by individual cooperatives provide insights into strategic management innovations. The study suggests a means to predict the success of cooperatives through an analysis of their organizational structures. Emerging concerns within the framework have been identified as member participation, political linkages, doctrine of the organization, management skills, and resource linkages.