Rural women in Kazakhstan have begun forming collective associations with the aim of improving their living conditions and economic situation. The initiative involves creating a cooperative that will serve as a platform for joint protection of the rights and interests of its members, as well as for exchanging practical experience and knowledge among women from different rural communities. One of the key areas of work for the future cooperative will be identifying financing opportunities for developing agricultural infrastructure. In particular, this concerns projects for installing smart wells and creating shared irrigation systems, which can significantly increase the efficiency of water resource use and improve agricultural production. The creation of such associations is viewed as a way to amplify the voice of rural women on matters concerning their economic well-being, as well as a mechanism for more effective access to resources and technologies that would be more difficult to obtain individually. Working together within the cooperative allows risks to be distributed, efforts to be pooled for solving common problems, and interests to be jointly defended before local authorities and potential donors or investors. The initiative fits within a broader context of efforts to expand economic opportunities for women in rural areas of Central Asia, where access to land, water, and financial resources has traditionally remained limited. Support for such collective forms of organization is viewed as one way to increase the resilience of rural communities and improve living conditions for their residents.