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Empowering Asian women through ICT education and e-Agriculture to enhance entrepreneurial capacity, increase income, and promote leadership in the digital age. Join us for sustainable village development & achieving SDGs.
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Asian Women’s Socioeconomic Empowerment through ICT Education and e-Agriculture Project June, 2017 Dr. Myonghee Kim, Ph.D. Executive Director, Asia Pacific Women’s Information Network Center (APWINC)Sookmyung Women’s University
Sookmyung Women’s University Introduction to APWINC
Asia Pacific Women’s Information Network Center Introduction to APWINC Established In 1996 Vision To promote women’s empowerment and gender equality through ICT education
APWINC Vision Introduction to APWINC STRENGTHENING NATIONAL/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY Promoting Women’s Socioeconomic Empowerment Gender ICT Education The most critical issue in international development within & beyond the family - A tool to make effective and efficient achievements of development goals - Human capacity building Women’s Capacity Building
APWINC International Networks Introduction to APWINC Europe • ASEAN Member States * • Brunei Darussalam • Cambodia • Indonesia • Lao PDR • Malaysia • Myanmar • Philippines • Singapore • Thailand • Vietnam Georgia, Germany, Russia North America USA, Canada Middle East ASIA Yemen, Oman, Jordan ASEAN Member States APEC Economies Nepal, Mongolia, Bhutan, Sri Lanka India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong Africa Oceania Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Rwanda South America Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji Brazil, Honduras, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Mexico, Jamaica
I. Objectives • To enhance entrepreneurial capacity of female farmers through e-business and entrepreneurship education • To increase household income by promoting agricultural businesses • To increase the level of village women’s socioeconomic status in rural area by taking advantage of ICT and digital opportunities • To promote women’s leadership in the digital age ProvidingSafe Drinking Water, Controlling Quality of Water Increasing Agricultural Productivity, Local Formation Disease Protection, Health Promotion Establishing Safe Living Sites Promoting Agricultural Business Increasing LocalIncome Sustainable Village Development *SDGs: #1 No Poverty, #2 Zero Hunger, #4 Quality Education, #5 Gender Equality, #17 Partnership for the Goals
II. Promoting Agricultural Businesses • Partners: • Methods: • Capacity building • Prospective market test & market entry support Consortium Cambodian government, NGOs, anduniversities Local partners APWINC, Sookmyung Women’s Univ. CanaanGlobal Leadership Center Increasing agricultural productivity Promoting agricultural businesses
III. Activities Education Contents Development Market Entry Support Preliminary Research LocalTraining 02 04 01 03
IV. Activities (cont.) • Preliminary Research • Understand rural women’s socioeconomic status, the current situation of local business and ICT usage • Identify project implementation strategies • Select target groups • Assess the relevance of local training contents • Education Contents Development • Develop contents for local training, topics on ICT skills, business/management basic, entrepreneurship,
IV. Activities (cont.) • Local Training • E-business capacity building • How to use computer • How to create e-mail account • How to take photos of products and upload them online • How to share information on products • How to take orders • Entrepreneurial capacity building • Understand concepts of basic economics • Understand marketing and markets • How to do record keeping • How to promote entrepreneurship and leadership
IV. Activities (cont.) • Market Entry Support • Form business group • Develop business plan • Identify potential consumer groups • Sell products directly without middlemen • Create Online Support System (OSS) to support agriculture business through the use of ICTs
V. Strategy • Multilevel partnerships with consortium institutions • 1st level: Canaan Global Leadership Center • 2nd level: two other institutions • Establishment of local network • Government, universities, NGOs • Sustainable development mechanisms • ToT & Teaching Replica • Use of online support system
Thank you! Asia Pacific Women’s Information Network Center Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea (www.women.or.kr)