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A stronger footing for SOCODEVI in Chad
13 March 2025
Barely into the new year and we're celebrating not one, but two events to officially mark the launch of SOCODEVI's activities in Chad. Through the Chadian women resilient to climate change (TRACC) project, ceremonies were held on January 15 and 22, respectively in the capital, N'Jaména, and in the province of Guéra, in Mongo.
SOCODEVI in Le Devoir
13 March 2025
SOCODEVI General Manager Jean-Philippe Marcoux recently spoke to Le Devoir to highlight the major role played by SOCODEVI in the international cooperation sector.
Literacy as empowerment
13 March 2025
Literacy training for women farmers is an essential initiative for empowering them and improving their living conditions. Our Dou Touloma project, concerned with the socio-economic empowerment and well-being of women farmers in Mali, has set up a literacy initiative in the regions of Ségou, Dioila, Koulikoro and Sikasso that has reached nearly 2,300 producers.
Ethiopia, here we come!
13 March 2025
SOCODEVI is proud to announce its first project in Ethiopia, STRONG'HER. Read the article for more details.
2025: The Year of the Co-op
20 January 2025
We’re absolutely delighted to be celebrating 40 years of SOCODEVI—and to do so in 2025, which the UN has declared the International Year of Cooperatives! All eyes are sure to be turned to our cooperative and mutual network, here and around the world.
COP29: 5 things you need to know
14 January 2025
In November 2024, SOCODEVI, represented by its observers Renée Brunelle and Andrée-Anne Côté-St-Laurent, visited Azerbaijan's capital Baku for the 29th Climate COP. Here is a summary and relevant information on the event.
Reinventing the future for paid care workers in Central America
17 October 2024
What’s TRASOL? In a nutshell, it’s SOCODEVI’s new innovative social justice initiative to make a real difference in Guatemala and Honduras. With financial backing from the Canadian government, our teams will spend the next several years working to improve the living conditions of 4,500 women and 1,250 young girls who are paid care workers in both countries.
SOCODEVI takes part in World Cleanup Day for the first time
17 October 2024
For the 5th edition of World Cleanup Day and its first year as an International Day on the United Nations Calendar, SOCODEVI asked its teams to roll up their sleeves and get cleaning! The aim of this global initiative is to bring people together to clean up the waste polluting our environment.
Women’s cooperatives in Morocco: an inspiring exchange!
17 October 2024
On August 26–28, 2024, the Resilient Women in the Middle Atlas (FERMA) project organized a series of highly rewarding exchanges among several women’s cooperatives in the Middle Atlas region. This event, led by SOCODEVI in partnership with Morocco’s national water and forestry agency (ANEF) and with financial backing from the Government of Canada, is one of our many efforts to empower women financially and help them sustainably manage natural resources.
Une première participation au World Cleanup Day pour SOCODEVI
30 September 2024
Dans le cadre de la 5e édition de cette journée mondiale, le World Cleanup Day, maintenant inscrite en tant que journée internationale au calendrier des Nations Unies, SOCODEVI a convié ses équipes à se mobiliser pour l’occasion. Cette initiative mondiale vise à mobiliser les citoyens afin de ramasser les déchets polluant notre environnement.
