As part of Forum 2012, the Council for Health Research for Development (COHRED Group) invites photographers and researchers that are keen on – including social enterprises, research institutions, media practitioners reporting on health research and civil society organisations (CSO’s) – health issues to join the Forum 2012 photo-competition.

Violet Akurut is the new Coordinator for Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET). She brings to the Organisation a wealth of experience in management at the top level spanning over a period of 11 years, both at the local, national and international level obtained from various organisations she has worked for. This includes aspects of Gender, Social Work, HIV/AIDS, OVC, Reproductive Health, Education and Human Rights - which have exposed her to issues of human rights, gender, HIV/AIDS, among others, and fundraising and management.

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The seminar draws on research among urban and rural farmers in Uganda on their access and use of ICTs in their everyday lives. Drawing on theories from gender and technology studies Caroline Wamala, PhD will analyze access and use of ICTs in Uganda and focus in particular on the cultural embeddedness of gender and technology from a development perspective. Here it is important to emphasize that access does not necessarily equal use and vice versa. Data from observations and interviews will be used to illustrate the importance of the social environment in which ICTs operate and how the underdeveloped state of the infrastructure prompted farmers’ to negotiate access and use in very innovative ways.

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