Jakarta, July 9 -- The Cooperatives Ministry has called on the Family Empowerment and Welfare Movement Team (TP PKK) to help strengthen the grassroots cooperative movement and develop the Red and White Village Cooperatives.

During the 10th National Working Meeting of TP PKK in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, on Tuesday, Minister of Cooperatives Budi Arie Setiadi emphasized the enormous potential of women in cooperative management.

The ministry's data indicates that 49 percent of cooperative members in Indonesia are women, with 38 percent of cooperative employees also women, as per an official statement released here on Wednesday.

Although only 22 percent of women hold managerial positions, active women's cooperatives are showing positive p...