UN International Day of Cooperatives, Theme for 3 July 2010 is "Cooperative enterprise empowers women"

This year the theme for the UN international Day of Cooperatives is "Cooperative enterprise empowers women" 

The aim of the International Day of Cooperatives declared by the United
Nations in 1995 is to increase awareness on cooperatives, highlight the
complementarily of the goals and objectives of the United Nations and
the international co-operative movement and, underscore the contribution
of the movement to the resolution of the major problems addressed by
the United Nations. The International Day also aims to to strengthen and
extend partnerships between the international cooperative movement and
other actors, including governments, at local, national and
international levels.  More>>