Report of the ICA ROAP sub-regional workshops on gender integration in co-operatives : 1)18-22 Aug, 1995 Kaulalumpur, Malaysia II) 15-20 Apr. 1996 Pune, India.

The Two Sub-Regional Workshop on Gender Integration in Co-operatives were organized in accordance with the "Statement and Call for action of the Regional Con ference on Gender Planning in Co-operatives in Tokyo, Japan, in March, 1993.

After the Conference, the Japanese Consumer Co-operative Union agreed to fi nance the Gender Integration Project for three years and the ICA ROAP established an independent department for Gender Integration in 1993 and set up a three-year plan for the project. One of the main programmes in the three-year plan was to develop training materials for Gender Sensitivity and Planning and to conduct international seminars for

national co-operative leaders.

The Sub-Regional Workshops had two objectives, one was to test the training mod ules drafted by the staff of ICA ROAP; and the other was to sensitize co-operative leaders on gender issues in co-operatives and to train them on Gender Analysis and Planning and to draw action plans for their respective countries.

The participants of the two workshops made good inputs in the training modules, which would be published separately after modification. This report was compiled from the country presentations on women's participation in co-operatives and country action plans, which the participants tried to draw up at the workshops. The report is meant to be used as a source of information on the current situation of women's participation in the region and for future national planning on co-operative gender issues. It is our hope that the report would help in promoting to achieve gender equality in co-operatives and sustainable co-operative development in the region.