Gender

Newsletters

01/03/2008

This newsletter focuses on Dimitra's work with rural radios and participatory communication in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In South Kivu province, for instance, the sharing of solar radios between women members of the listeners’ clubs are effectively boosting paricipation of both men and women in their own development. 24 pp.

01/09/2007

The 13th edition of the Dimitra newsletter provides information on the rights of rural women producers, as well as the impact of sexual violence and HIV/AIDS on both women and men. 24 pp.

01/01/2007

The ability to access information and to share it through dissemination and networking is crucial to fighting inequality, malnutrition and poverty. This edition of the Dimitra newsletter looks at rural populations' access to information and communication. 24 pp.

14/06/2006

This report presents the activities and results of a workshop organized by FAO's Dimitra project, an information and communication project with the aim of empowering rural populations by facilitating access to information. 145 pp.

01/10/2005

This newlsetter includes a summary report of the presentations and discussions that took place during the FAO Dimitra workshop: Rural women, dynamisation of networks and the fight against HIV/AIDS in rural areas (13-17 June 2005). Participants came from Africa, the Near East, the Caribbean and the Pacific to exchange experiences on how to effectively address HIV/AIDS in their countries. 20 pp.

01/10/2004

This tenth edition of the Dimitra newsletter focuses on rural women, information and empowerment. Two workshops organised by Dimitra's local partners - Amsed in Morocco and Women’sNET in South Africa - take the spotlight. 20 pp.

01/03/2004

This newsletter focuses exclusively on three countries in the Great Lakes region where Dimitra has started new activities: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Burundi. 20 pp.

01/10/2003

One of the main topics covered in this newsletter is the World Summit on the Information Society hosted by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland from 10-12 December 2003. The Summit aimed to shed light on how to deal with the challenges and opportunities presented by the information society. 16 pp.