In March 2025, ICA-AP and its Committee on Women will organize a virtual parallel event at the NGO CSW69 Forum on the topic, “Policy Actions Matter: Cooperatives in Asia-Pacific and Their Initiatives to Foster SDG 5 (Gender Equality)” under the theme “Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women’.

The event will showcase good case practices from the cooperative sector in the Asia and Pacific region, highlighting gender-based policies and institutional mechanisms that have been put in place to advance women’s empowerment in the cooperative sector. The event will showcase the initiatives taken by cooperatives in different countries to foster SDG 5 and the steps that are being taken to make these initiatives successful.

2025 is a milestone year for the cooperative sector as we celebrate the International Year of Cooperatives. Through this event, we aim to promote good practices on SDG 5 in the cooperative sector in the Asia-Pacific region, emphasizing the role of inclusive policies and mechanisms for the promotion and realisation of gender equality and equity in cooperatives.

The event will be held on Zoom on March 19, 2025 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm IST. (Convert to your local time here).

In the past, ICA-AP and its Committee on Women have organized two virtual parallel side events at the NGO CSW Forums in 2022 and 2024. Additionally, Office Bearers of the Committee have participated in onsite side events of the UN CSW Forums in New York in 2015 and 2019.

For program and speaker details, please visit https://icaap.coop/etn/parallel-event-at-ngo-csw-69-forum/