Strong Woman, Strong Cooperative

Background

Social cooperative model, which aims to re-integrate neglected groups to the society by providing safe work environments, creates decent job opportunities by increasing the workforce capacity. In this regard, to support women's participation in economic and social life, women dense cooperatives and women partners must be strengthened.

Project Goals

• Five cooperatives that are planned to support will be visited and trainings will be planned.
• Learning modules about human rights and governance and financial sustainability will be created, materials will be prepared and will be applied to at least 20 women from each cooperative.
• Mentorship educations will be carried out with 3 women from each cooperative and process will be monitored together.
• Education content that are specified for needs of cooperatives will be prepared as booklet and will be shared with the partners.

PROJECT RESULTS

• After the needs analysis of the cooperatives that would benefit from the project, training modules consisting of a seven-day information package were prepared. The training booklet was published as open source.
• A total of 72 women from five cooperatives were provided with capacity building and rights training.
• The online mentoring workshop was implemented in seven sessions. A total of 15 partners from all cooperatives attended the workshops.