ICA Gender Equality Committee

A thematic committee of the ICA

www.ica.coop/gender

ICA Gender Equality Committee: Opening Doors to Equal Opportunity

The Gender Equality Committee (ICA GEC) is a thematic committee of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) which promotes equality between women and men and gender integration in the co-operative movement and society. It was formerly known as the ICA Global Women's Committee. The Secretariat of the Committee is assured by the ICA Head Office in Geneva.

The Committee has been particularly active in shaping ICA priorities. It proposed an ICA Strategy for Promoting Gender Equality (2000) and an ICA Strategy for Co-operatives Fighting HIV/AIDS (2004), both of which were adopted by the ICA Board. It works with ICA structures at the global, regional and sectoral levels to implement the ICA Gender Strategy and activities that have a gender component.

The Committee has also been active in collecting gender disaggregate statistics to map the situation of women in the Co-operative Movement.

NEWS
International Women's Day , 8 March 2010 Statement from the ICA President and Chair of the ICA Gender Equality Committee: "Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all" (pdf) Mensaje de la Presidenta de la ACI y Presidente del Comité de Equidad de Género de ACI: "Igualdad de derechos, Igualdad de oportunidades: Progreso para todos" (pdf) ILO CoopAfrica: Promising Practices: How co-operatives work for working women in Africa (pdf) The Equal Opportunities Commision of Legacoop (Italy) to hold a concert to celebrate International Women's Day with proceeds to go to Haiti reconstruction efforts. See invitation > > >. Official United Nations International Women's Day website > > > ICA Gender Equality Committee meetings in conjunction with ICA General Assembly (CICG, Geneva, Switzerland) ICA GEC Executive Committee, 10:30-12:30, 17 November 2009 ICA GEC Plenary, 14:00-15:00, 17 November 2009 ICA GEC Seminar: "Global Crisis: Gender Opportunity?", 15:00-18:00, 17 November 2009 - Agenda (pdf) ICA Gender Survey: "ICA Gender Equality Strategy Ten Years After" Download the cover note Download the survey (MS Word) -- (pdf)

DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST
ICA HIV/AIDS Strategy, April 2004 ICA Gender Strategy, 2000 (pdf)

Last Updated: 8 March 2010

ICA Gender Equality Committee

A thematic committee of the ICA

www.ica.coop/gender

ICA Gender Equality Committee: Opening Doors to Equal Opportunity

NEWS

International Women's Day , 8 March 2010

ICA Gender Equality Committee meetings in conjunction with ICA General Assembly (CICG, Geneva, Switzerland)

ICA Gender Survey: "ICA Gender Equality Strategy Ten Years After"

DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST