Connecting gender, agriculture and the information society: GenARDIS kick-off workshop
10 November 2008
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay
Seven women and thirteen men from Anglophone and Francophone Africa
and the Caribbean met during the last days of September in Gorée
Island, Senegal. They have many things in common, but one in
particular is their ability to make innovative connections in gender,
agriculture and information and communication technologies (ICTs).
This ability has led them to be finalists of the Gender, Agricultural
and Rural Development in the Information Society (GenARDIS) small
grants fund. As part of the workshop they also received training on
GEM. GEM did not provide answers but it did helpe generate useful questions.
Read the full article here in English and here in French.

