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WOUGNET is located at Plot 55 Kenneth Dale, Off Kira Road, Kamwokya. Directions: After the Kamwokya market as you travel along Kira road, turn off to your left onto Kenneth Dale, (just before the football field and Kira Road Police Station). Once on Kenneth Dale, look out for the WOUGNET sign post on your left towards the end of the road. Click here for a map.

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WOUGNET develops and implements initiatives to pilot and/or establish ICT strategies and policies to promote and support improved access to information by women and women organisations. These projects also serve to create awareness on the opportunities and benefits of the strategic use of ICTs for sustainable development.

Second Agricultural Market Information Symposium held in Kampala, Uganda PDF Print E-mail

The Second Market Information Symposium organized  by 13 organisations some of whom included Hivos East Africa, Agri-Profocus Netherlands, FIT Uganda, INFOTRADE, Kulika and the East African Grain Council was held under the theme “Market Information a Leverage in National food security, planning and Regional sustainable trade”.

The market symposium offers a platform for discussion and dialogue among service providers, users, policymakers, regional government, traders and farmers within Uganda and East African as well as business, public sector entities, international organizations and the donor community.

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Women, Markets and ICTs PDF Print E-mail
Woman gathering GnutsIn the remote village of “Labongogali” in  Amuru District, Northern Uganda. It was difficult to imagine that this lady walking purposefully to the meeting was going to have anything to do with technology and accessing markets. Not only that, but the National  Electricity power grid does not even pass this village... the question going on in my mind was that ..” Will these people ever get out of this remoteness? Where are the shops? Where is the market? All I could see at the trading centre were happy faces threshing their groundnuts! It was harvest time!
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The Second Lango Forum on e – Agriculture PDF Print E-mail

Theme: “e-Agriculture, Gender and ICTs: the role of information in agriculture and rural development”.

Women of Uganda Network with support of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP – EU (CTA), will hold the second Lango forum on e – agriculture in Apac district on the of 10th February 2009.  The forum will take place at the e-Society Hall, located at the Apac district Local Government, Apac town. The purpose of the forum is to sensitize rural women and the community at large on the role of information in agriculture and rural development with a gender perspective. Forum participants will share knowledge on the role of information in agriculture and rural development, the social challenges and benefits of ICT tools to men and women including the state of e-agriculture in Uganda.

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Access4Dev Projects PDF Print E-mail

WOUGNET develops and implements initiatives to pilot and/or establish ICT strategies and policies to promote and support improved access to information by women and women organisations. These projects also serve to create awareness on the opportunities and benefits of the strategic use of ICTs for sustainable development. 

In 2005, the project on “Enhancing Access to Agricultural Information using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Apac District (EAAI project)” was initiated to develop and improve information and communication systems so as to enable easy access to agricultural information for rural women farmers via a variety of ICTs including mobile phones, radio cassettes, and community radio.

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