http://www.apc.org./en/taxonomy/term/1427 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.apc.org./en/news/gender/world/short-listed-genardis-iii-candidates-announced <div class="abstract"><span class="locality">CAPE TOWN</span> (Jennifer Radloff for GenARDIS) - <p>The Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development in the Information Society (<a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/266"><acronym title="GenARDIS grants: The Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development in the Information Society (GenARDIS) small grants fund was developed in 2002 to support work on gender-related issues in ICTs for agricultural and rural development in the African, Caribbean and Pacific regions. It recognises the constraints and challenges encountered by rural women particularly – challenges which include cultural factors that hinder ICT access by women, lack of time to participate in ICT training and use, minimal access to technologies such as radio, mobile phones and computers, and lack of relevant information in local languages, adapted to local realities. APC-Africa-Women coordinates the fund. Style information: Should always be capitalised in this unusual way, with a capital &quot;G&quot;, lower case &quot;e&quot; and &quot;n&quot; and &quot;ARDIS&quot; all in capitals. Source: APC Annual Report 2006">GenARDIS</acronym></a>) Small Grants Fund is delighted to announce that twenty projects have been short-listed as possible <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/266"><acronym title="GenARDIS grants: The Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development in the Information Society (GenARDIS) small grants fund was developed in 2002 to support work on gender-related issues in ICTs for agricultural and rural development in the African, Caribbean and Pacific regions. It recognises the constraints and challenges encountered by rural women particularly – challenges which include cultural factors that hinder ICT access by women, lack of time to participate in ICT training and use, minimal access to technologies such as radio, mobile phones and computers, and lack of relevant information in local languages, adapted to local realities. APC-Africa-Women coordinates the fund. Style information: Should always be capitalised in this unusual way, with a capital &quot;G&quot;, lower case &quot;e&quot; and &quot;n&quot; and &quot;ARDIS&quot; all in capitals. Source: APC Annual Report 2006">GenARDIS</acronym></a> grantees. The short-listed proposals come from sixteen countries in Africa and the Caribbean, ranging from the Dominican Republic and St. Vincent on over the Atlantic Ocean to rock-skip throughout western Africa in Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon and the Congo. Eastern Africa and Southern Africa also have their share of representation with projects from Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. <a href="http://genardis.apcwomen.org/en/node/38">Read the entire announcement</a></p> </div> http://www.apc.org./en/news/gender/world/short-listed-genardis-iii-candidates-announced#comments Gender &amp; ICTs Global agriculture Senegal Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:21:09 +0100 frederic 6791 at http://www.apc.org. http://www.apc.org./en/news/policy/africa/new-west-african-alliance-make-internet-more-acces <div class="abstract"><span class="locality">GOREE ISLAND</span> (FD for APCNews) - <p><div class="img floatleft thumbnail"><dl><dt><img src="http://www.apc.org./en/system/files/images/IMG_0976.thumbnail.JPG" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="75" height="100" /></dt><dd>Sylvie Syiam</dd></dl></div>The president of the Cameroonian non profit organisation and APC-member <span class="caps">PROTEGE</span> QV, Sylvie Siyam Siwe, was elected president of the GOREeTIC on Friday June 20 2008 in Senegal. She was unanimously voted in as the first president of the GOREeTIC nework &#8211; a newly created group of journalists, activists and <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/taxonomy/term/337"><acronym title="ICT for development: ICT for development (ICT4D) refers to the ways that information and communication technologies can be mobilised in support of development goals, particularly those relating to social, political and economic development. There is both enthusiasm and controversy around ICT4D. For many, it is self-evident that social and economic development can be accelerated and reinforced by access to information resources and the ability to better communicate different kinds of information. Others argue that more urgent needs need to be addressed first, and that fundamental inequities such as opportunities for education, fair working conditions and democratisation must be corrected before societies can effectively avail themselves of ICTs. Style information: N/a Source: Handout: ICTs for Development (ICT4D), Multimedia Training Kit (part of APC&#039;s ICT policy training curriculum)">ICT4D</acronym></a> advocates who intend to make <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/258"><acronym title="internet: A set of interconnected networks operated by government, industry, academia, and private parties which allow computers and other electronic devices in different locations to exchange information. The internet includes services such as the world wide web, electronic mail, file transfer (FTP), chat and remote access to networks and computers. Style information: APC uses &quot;internet&quot; with a small &quot;i&quot; in all languages. Source: TechSoup Glossary and GenderIT.org">internet</acronym></a> policy reform a top priority.</p> </div> http://www.apc.org./en/news/policy/africa/new-west-african-alliance-make-internet-more-acces#comments ICT policy cameroon GOREeTIC Senegal Africa Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:58:15 +0100 frederic 6460 at http://www.apc.org.