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COAIM 2002

Gender and Agriculture Information Management. COAIM 2002. Welcome. Side Event. Gender and Agriculture Information Management. COAIM 2002. Gender and ICTs (SDW/SDRE) Gender-Disaggregated Data for Agricultural Decision-Making (SDW/ESS). Side Event. Gender and ICTs. COAIM 2002.

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COAIM 2002

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  1. Gender and Agriculture Information Management COAIM 2002 Welcome Side Event

  2. Gender and Agriculture Information Management COAIM 2002 • Gender and ICTs (SDW/SDRE) • Gender-Disaggregated Data for Agricultural Decision-Making (SDW/ESS) Side Event

  3. Gender and ICTs COAIM 2002 Sophie Treinen Clare O’Farrell

  4. Gender and ICTs Contents • Importance of Gender and ICTs • Integration of Gender and ICTs in All Policy • What FAO is Doing … • Recommendations to Plenary

  5. Gender and ICTs Definitions ICTs > Electronic or digital technologies for the storing, processing, transferring of information & communication

  6. Recognition of Gender and ICTs United Nations • 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights • 1975 - 2000 World Conferences on Women • 1996 World Food Summit • 2000 Millennium Goals • 2001 UN ICTs Task Force • 2003 - 2005 WSIS

  7. Gender Divide Rural Divide Digital Divide Importance of Gender and ICTs Divides

  8. Importance of Gender “Development projects that take gender into account are more likely to achieve their objective than those that do not”. Nancy Hafkin Formerly UNECA Ethiopia

  9. Importance of ICTs “For communication to give voice to rural women they need access to communication channels and media as well as the knowledge and skills to use them.” Voices for change, FAO 1999

  10. Importance of Gender and ICTs In other words • Addressing Gender issues addresses poverty • Communication essential to poverty alleviation • ICTs are instruments for poverty alleviation

  11. Integration of Gender and ICTs in all Policy Mainstreaming Cross cutting natureGender Information and CommunicationICTsInclusionin all rural development activities

  12. Integration of Gender and ICTs in all Policy FAO Strengths Comparative Advantage in • Gender and Development • Communication for Development • Rural Digital Divide

  13. What is FAO doing… Framework • Gender and Development Plan of Action (2002-2007) • Strategy for Action Role of Information

  14. What is FAO doing… Projects • Gender, Biodiversity & local knowledge LinKS

  15. What is FAO doing… Internet & Radio • Convergence of new and old technologies

  16. What is FAO doing… Networking • Collaborative network Dimitra

  17. What is FAO doing… • Documentation – Publications • Knowledge Sharing & Advocacy

  18. What is FAO doing… • Methodologies - Field Studies - Distance education - SEAGA • Workshops - Consultations

  19. What is FAO supporting… Know How 2002 Kampala 2002 Declaration • Women (Rural) want to be part of information society • Enabling environment (sensitization, policy and legislation) • Concrete activities (infrastructure and applications,capacity building, sustainable models) • WSIS (engendering themes)

  20. Recommendations COAIM 2002 • Funding for Cross Cutting issues • Gender • Information and Communication • ICTs

  21. Recommendations COAIM 2002 • Specifically for • Policy Formulation (YOU can help today) • Research, Case Studies • Publications, Training Manuals & Guidelines • Continue Workshops and Networking • Don’t forget offline communities • - rural radio, listening groupstraditional media

  22. Recommendations COAIM 2002 Integration across all Policy of Gender Information and Communication ICTs

  23. Recommendations COAIM 2002 Let’s discuss ...

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