THE MOROCCAN WOMEN'S COOPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO LASTING IMPACTS: SOCIAL COHESION, SOLIDARITY AND INCLUSION

Faced with unprecedented challenges, linked to inequalities, exclusion, access to resources and services, the social and solidarity economy (SSE) combines productive activities, ecological, civic and social objectives. Indeed, the cooperative, which relaunched the SSE, is a vector of democratic solidarity close to territories and communities. It thus generates social cohesion and inclusion make it possible to combine social innovation for sustainable development and participatory governance for plural efficiency in order to meet the needs of the population of all ages, regardless of gender or income. In Morocco, the female cooperative worker has gone beyond the quest for empowerment to be an essential vector of sustainable development. In this study