http://www.apc.org./en/taxonomy/term/1553 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.apc.org./en/news/gender/all/connecting-gender-agriculture-and-information-soci <div class="abstract"><span class="locality">MONTEVIDEO</span> (AL for GenARDIS) - <p><div class="img floatleft large_thumbnail"><img src="http://www.apc.org./en/system/files/images/S6301077.large_thumbnail.JPG" alt="" title="" class="image image-large_thumbnail" width="200" height="150" /></div>Seven women and thirteen men from Anglophone and Francophone Africa and the Caribbean met during the last days of September in Gorée Island, Senegal. They have many things in common, but one in particular is their ability to make innovative connections in gender, agriculture and <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/taxonomy/term/259"><acronym title="information and communication technology: Technology and tools that people use to share, distribute, gather information and to communicate with one another, one on one, or in groups. ICTs can be grouped into three categories. Information technology uses computers, which have become indispensable in modern societies to process data and save time and effort. Telecommunications technologies include telephones (with fax) and the broadcasting of radio and television, often through satellites. Networking technologies, of which the best known is the internet, also extend to mobile phone technology, voice over IP telephony (VoIP), satellite communications, and other forms of communication that are still in their infancy. Style information: APC uses all small case for this term. We NEVER write &quot;Information and Communication Technologies&quot;. Note that there is the option of using this term in the singular (information and communication technology, abbreviated as ICT) or plural (information and communication technologies, abbreviated as ICTs). Source: APC">information and communication technologies</acronym></a> (<a class="glossary-term" href="/en/taxonomy/term/259"><acronym title="information and communication technology: Technology and tools that people use to share, distribute, gather information and to communicate with one another, one on one, or in groups. ICTs can be grouped into three categories. Information technology uses computers, which have become indispensable in modern societies to process data and save time and effort. Telecommunications technologies include telephones (with fax) and the broadcasting of radio and television, often through satellites. Networking technologies, of which the best known is the internet, also extend to mobile phone technology, voice over IP telephony (VoIP), satellite communications, and other forms of communication that are still in their infancy. Style information: APC uses all small case for this term. We NEVER write &quot;Information and Communication Technologies&quot;. Note that there is the option of using this term in the singular (information and communication technology, abbreviated as ICT) or plural (information and communication technologies, abbreviated as ICTs). Source: APC">ICTs</acronym></a>). This ability has led them to be finalists of the Gender, Agricultural 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.</p> </div> http://www.apc.org./en/news/gender/all/connecting-gender-agriculture-and-information-soci#comments Gender &amp; ICTs All Regions agriculture gender gender evaluation Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:19:56 +0000 analia 7429 at http://www.apc.org. http://www.apc.org./en/node/7425 http://www.apc.org./en/node/7425#comments agriculture GenARDIS GenARDIS gender gender evaluation Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:40:37 +0000 analia 7425 at http://www.apc.org. 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/events/gender/africa/genardis-workshop Gender &amp; ICTs agriculture gender ict rural seedgrant Africa Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:08:55 +0100 angela 6773 at http://www.apc.org.