Tagaytay City, Philippines, December 1998
 

The objective of this training was to bring about competent and effective women and men leaders who are committed to the goals of TL and the promotion of gender-responsive co-operatives. The total of 23 participants came from the five AWCF members and three non-member Philippine co-op federations with gender programs. The training brought to fore the need for women's participation in co-op leadership and decision-making; the meaning of leadership and political participation in the context of co-ops; the leadership processes, structures, and styles prevalent in co-ops and their effectiveness in achieving co-op success on the one hand, and member-satisfaction on the other; the ways women can win in co-operative elections; and the personal attitudes that either facilitate or hinder women's involvement in co-op leadership. The participants discussed in-depth the co-op electoral processes and how women can break through the "glass ceiling" of elections and become elected as co-op officers.