APC: Small tech grants, big differences for rural women

Illiteracy, lack of electricity and poor infrastructure are some of the challenges that are preventing rural women from benefiting from ICTs. What can local and national policy makers do in order to address some of these issues?

APC (Association for Progressive Communication) in 2002 initiated the GenARDIS programme: Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development in the Information Society. Small grants were given to a large number of projects involving rural women, mainly in Africa. Experiences have now been published in the report GenARDIS 2002-2010: Small grants that made big changes for women in agriculture. The report is also available in French.