Resources on cooperative, social and solidarity economy
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War in Sri Lanka took everything but I made a new start
06 July 2022
Displaced by Sri Lanka’s civil war, Veronica Rosani Susilkumar is making a new life for herself and her family as a groundnut farmer.
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Media Advisory: ILO works with ACCU to build resilience in Anguilla after disaster
24 April 2018
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EMPOWER: Building peace through the economic empowerment of women in Northern Sri Lanka
22 December 2017
The objective of this project is to increase access to economic empowerment, social integration, resilience and peacebuilding participation for conflict affected women in Mullaitivu, one of the most conflict-affected Northern Districts of Sri Lanka. The project is funded by the UN Peace Building Fund and implemented by the ILO, WFP, and Puthukkudiyiruppu Women Entrepreneurs’ Cooperative Society.
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How decent work can transform cotton production
03 November 2017
South-South Project uses good practices in Brazil to promote decent work in cotton production in African and Latin American countries.
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Cooperatives and the Sustainable Development Goals: A contribution to the post-2015 development debate
10 September 2014
This paper highlights the contribution of cooperatives to sustainable development with a view to stimulating discussion on the role of cooperatives in the design and implementation of SDGs.
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Cooperatives and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Contribution to the Post-2015 Development Debate. A policy brief
08 April 2014
This brief summarizes the main findings of a forthcoming report of the same title, by Frederick O. Wanyama of Maseno University in Kenya, prepared as part of ILO’s contribution to the initiative on the contribution of cooperatives to sustainable development.
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Turning waste fruit into a profitable business
05 July 2012
Cooperatives have played an important role in Indonesia by helping to boost growth, reduce poverty and promote social cohesion. As the world celebrates the UN International Day of Cooperatives, Gita Lingga reports on a successful project involving rural women in the Maluku islands.
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Local Empowerment through Economic Development (LEED)
26 May 2010
The Project contributes to poverty reduction, sustainable job creation and peace building through an improved environment with strengthened governance, effective community-based services and public-private partnership that economically empower vulnerable groups in conflict-affected populations in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.