Women’s Day 2022: A Sustainable Future should be built on gender equity
This year International Women’s Day theme is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, reflecting the interconnectedness amongst women’s rights, gender equality and climate justice! Plenty of scientific data has proved that climate change has a greater and disproportionate impact towards the most vulnerable, especially for women and girls in situations of poverty, that rely mainly on natural resources for their livelihoods. Women and girls constitute the majority of the world’s poorest, and it is exactly like climate that poverty has a gender dimension. Gender-based stereotypes that are influenced by social norms restrict women’s economic empowerment by prescribing the [...]
Maritime Cooperative Network within MCF launches elections proposals
The Maritime Cooperative Network within the Malta Cooperative Federation has proposed a series of proposals to promote a better maritime industry. The Network is comprised of six cooperatives, all of which are members of the Malta Cooperative Federation. These are Comino Ferries Cooperatives Ltd; Malta Boatmen and Mooring Services Cooperative Ltd; Malta Maritime Pilots Cooperative Ltd; Malta Mooring Masters Cooperative Ltd; Mediterranean Maritime Research and Training Centre Cooperative Ltd; Ports Foremen Cooperative Ltd. The scope of this document is to provide politicians and policymakers with a set of proposals directly from maritime professionals that will make the industry stronger [...]
MCF President speaks about the Cooperative option on TVAM
MCF President, John Mallia, is invited to 'TVAM' a programme on the National Broadcaster, TVM, to talk about the cooperative solution to Malta's Economy. During the programme, Mallia explains the manifesto proposals the Malta Cooperative Federation has made to the political parties in the run-up to the 2022 election. He says that there seems to be a political consensus to enable the cooperative model to flourish in Malta. Watch his intervention below (the programme is in Maltese)
MCF’s Maritime Coop Network presents proposals to MESD
Members of the Maritime Coop Network within the Malta Cooperative Federation held a meeting with officials of the Ministry for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development to discuss our elections proposals for a stronger maritime industry.