Gender Equality

Important guests delighted with the impact of our efforts in Côte d’Ivoire
9 January 2023
“Ihave seen firsthand the phenomenal impact of the project SOCODEVI has carried out with the cooperatives of Côte d’Ivoire, particularly FAHO. The impact is visible in terms of wealth creation, transparency, the promotion of gender equality, and the provision of quality services to the population, which are sorely lacking. Bravo to SOCODEVI and long live the co-ops.”

Co-ops in bloom in Mozambique!
SOCODEVI in Mozambique has accomplished quite a feat this year! Our efforts helped create two new multi-regional cooperatives and further the development of the Mozambican Association for the Promotion of Modern Cooperativism (AMPCM).

More rice available for the local market
11 November 2022
Women members of the Bolgatanga, Bawku and Navrongo Cooperative (BBN Cooperative) are looking for new markets within Ghana to sell their high quality parboilled rice.

A new project for women and cocoa communities
31 August 2022
SOCODEVI is bolstering its presence in Côte d'Ivoire with a new project: the women and cocoa communities initiative (IFCC).

Dou Touloma : Women, pillars of the family
13 July 2022
The International Agriculture Alliance is pleased to announce its new project in Mali: Dou Touloma! The official launching ceremony took place on May 19, 2022 in the region of Dioila.

Spotlight on our women’s leadership program
17 December 2021

Africa: New project for women’s rights!
15 April 2021
On March 8, International Women’s Day, the Government of Canada announced the allocation of $42.3 million for a project led by the Centre for International Cooperation in Health and Development (CCISD), together with SOCODEVI and Lawyers Without Borders Canada (LWBC), three Quebec City-based organizations. The

Aiding small-scale farmers builds climate resilience
3 December 2020
The Sahel, a semi-arid swath that spans the continent of Africa, is a climate change hotspot. This region is already experiencing increasingly irregular rainfall, droughts and crop failure. In coming decades, temperatures in Africa are predicted to rise faster than the global average, causing droughts,

Ahead, with women!
2 September 2020
My path in cooperation has crossed many political and climate crises, but it is the first time my work is at this point disrupted due to an international health crisis. I lived for many years in Guatemala. Emergency responses punctuated my work, but human contact

PROMAVI : Proactive partnerships
27 May 2020
Things are moving and shaking in Bolivia! The PROMAVI team wasted no time rallying the authorities in the Chuquisaca region to counter the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic. A municipal contingency plan was swiftly put in place in collaboration with municipalities and their emergency committees.