The Working Women’s Forum (India) – Indian Cooperative Network for Women (WWF – ICNW) have received an United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) parallel event from their UN H.Q., at New York. It is entitled “Destitution to Global leadership: The Iconic Working Women’s Forum (India)”.
In a mail to Indian Cooperative, Nandini Azad said “A proud moment for WWF that in 25 years in it’s in ECOSOC consultative status. It is the only GEC, ICA, Raiffeisen board member to win this recognition globally in the Cooperative sector and earn this honour.”
This time only 600 parallel events are taking place in 14 days. As the iconic Women’s Mass Cooperative globally, UNCSW65 in its recognition of such half a century cooperative movement has awarded it.
Madam Daniela Bas, UN focal point on cooperatives, Director, Division for Inclusive Social Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations delivered the inaugural address from New York.
Other representatives included International Raiffeisen Union (IRU), International Labour Organization (ILO), Japanese Consumer Cooperative Union (JCCU), World Farmers Organization (WFO) and other Global Cooperative Unions, Global farmers/Asian Consumer networks will take part along with mass cooperative events of WWF/ICNW poor women leaders, digital literacy and micro entrepreneur movements.
The news item was covered extensively by the leading daily The Hindu. Addressing the virtual meeting of the UN Commission on the status of women Daniela Bas said cooperative institutions around the world are people centric and thoughtful about environment and strive towards achieving sustainable goals, reports Hindu.
Speaking on the occasion, Simel Esim Head of the cooperative unit of the International Labor Organization, Geneva was all praise for the Working Women’s Forum of India and said such institutions could provide a gamut of services like legal advice, property management training and access to markets. Such cooperative bodies also stand for the rights of women working in rural and unorganized sectors, Esim, noted.
Many dignitaries spoke on the occasion, including Nandini Azad, president, WWF and ICNW, who said she would soon would be setting up a virtual global resource centre for women engaged in unorganized sectors.