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.
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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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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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* Information Sharing & Networking 
