GenARDIS 2002 - 2010: Small Grants That Made Big Changes for Women in Agriculture
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2010), 45 pp.
ISBN 92-95049-82-9
"The Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development in the Information Society (GenARDIS) small grants fund was initiated in 2002 to support work on gender-related issues in information and communications technologies for the African, Caribbean and Pacific regions. GenARDIS recognises the constraints and challenges encountered by rural women, and has disbursed small grants to diverse and innovative projects in order to counter these barriers, to document the process and results, and to contribute to more gender-aware ICT policy advocacy. GenARDIS has supported projects which are as diverse as the countries where they are located. Over the years, GenARDIS has learned from and documented projects such as women’s community radio drama groups, pest control through information access, and using technology to promote women’s inheritance and land rights. Grantees have supported deaf women in Ethiopia to generate their own income through digital photography, and enabled rural mothers to earn additional income for their families because they can market to buyers from outside their community. In some areas, women small farmers are no longer being taken advantage of by the middleman as they now get a fair price for their crops by sending a simple SMS." (Pages 5-6)
Including rural women improves agricultural production and livelihoods, 4
About GenARDIS, 8
In the blue sky: A brief history of GenARDIS, 11
FIFTEEN WAYS TO CHANGE RURAL WOMEN'S LIVES, 15
Better fish conservation techniques lead to more business (AquaDeD ONG, Benin), 15
Defending women’s needs in male-dominated farmers associations (FEPPASI, Burkina Faso), 16
Mobile phones bring better farming techniques and better tools (SB Mathur Foundation, Cameroon), 17
Women overcome fear of ICTs and break their silence (GRAFED, Democratic Republic of Congo), 18
Internet research brings solutions to crop diseases (IFDAP, Democratic Republic of Congo), 19
ICTs help Dominican women farmers better run their cooperatives (Fundación Taigüey, Dominican Republic), 20
High school drop-outs become employable through ICTs (Mekelle University, Ethiopia), 21
From shea butter producers to businesswomen (Kalang ICT Centre, Ghana), 22
Creating a ripple effect: Teaching teachers and mothers (Kassena Nankana East Community Information Centre, Ghana), 23
Radio listeners club connects women with rural information (African Radio Drama Association, Nigeria), 24
School teachers, pioneers in marketing information (I-DevNet, Nigeria), 25
From crop marketing to building a village market (Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, Tanzania), 26
From marketing techniques to land rights (Union des groupements des femmes, Togo), 27
Making telecentres a space for all to enjoy (Toro Development Network (ToroDev), Uganda), 28
Women learn by doing / Ndola Professional Centre, Zambia), 29
Becoming a better businesswoman (I-DevNet, Nigeria), 30
LESSONS LEARNED, 31
Recommendations for policy makers, 37
The money: Seed grants and training, 39
Grantees 2003-2010, 41
Jury members 2003-2010, 46
About GenARDIS, 8
In the blue sky: A brief history of GenARDIS, 11
FIFTEEN WAYS TO CHANGE RURAL WOMEN'S LIVES, 15
Better fish conservation techniques lead to more business (AquaDeD ONG, Benin), 15
Defending women’s needs in male-dominated farmers associations (FEPPASI, Burkina Faso), 16
Mobile phones bring better farming techniques and better tools (SB Mathur Foundation, Cameroon), 17
Women overcome fear of ICTs and break their silence (GRAFED, Democratic Republic of Congo), 18
Internet research brings solutions to crop diseases (IFDAP, Democratic Republic of Congo), 19
ICTs help Dominican women farmers better run their cooperatives (Fundación Taigüey, Dominican Republic), 20
High school drop-outs become employable through ICTs (Mekelle University, Ethiopia), 21
From shea butter producers to businesswomen (Kalang ICT Centre, Ghana), 22
Creating a ripple effect: Teaching teachers and mothers (Kassena Nankana East Community Information Centre, Ghana), 23
Radio listeners club connects women with rural information (African Radio Drama Association, Nigeria), 24
School teachers, pioneers in marketing information (I-DevNet, Nigeria), 25
From crop marketing to building a village market (Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institute, Tanzania), 26
From marketing techniques to land rights (Union des groupements des femmes, Togo), 27
Making telecentres a space for all to enjoy (Toro Development Network (ToroDev), Uganda), 28
Women learn by doing / Ndola Professional Centre, Zambia), 29
Becoming a better businesswoman (I-DevNet, Nigeria), 30
LESSONS LEARNED, 31
Recommendations for policy makers, 37
The money: Seed grants and training, 39
Grantees 2003-2010, 41
Jury members 2003-2010, 46
