Connectivity for Empowerment of Rural Women A Case from CEEWAUganda

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Connectivity for Empowerment of Rural Women - A
Case from CEEWA-Uganda

• Florence N. Kuteesa
• Council for Economic Empowerment of Women in
  Africa (CEEWA)
• Uganda Chapter

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Moving Beyond Tangibles

• Traditional Factors of Production-to
  productivity, efficiency and effectiveness
• Powerlessness and Isolation
• Women take over greater challenges and
  responsibilities
• Voices of the poor-mainstreaming Gender into
  Development Initiatives

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ICTs Enabling Women to BIND,

• Building the Confidence of Individual Women
• Improving Womens Skills at Individual, Group and
  Community Levels
• Networking Women with the Community, National and
  World at Large
• Diversifying Economic Opportunity for Women

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The Empowerment Triangle
The Individual
Empowerment
Inform
Knowledge
The Group and the Community
National, Regional and International
Communicate
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Challenges in Rural Communities

• Access
• Poor Infrastructure,Sustainability
• Language of communication
• Distance to Telecentres
• Male Dominance in Telecentre
• Time Constraint due to multiple roles
• Application and Utilisation ( Drop out)
• Low Level of appreciation of ICTs
• Illiteracy
• Relevancy of Message and Information
• Packaging of information Materials

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Conclusion

• Huge Potential to Empower Women Entrepreneurs
  Especially in Rural Africa by Bringing them
  Together
• - Useable Services-provides information needs
  (best practices, awareness).
• - Efficiency- business operations with minimum
  cost and time.
• - Effectiveness- demystifies
  entrepreneurship and motivates

Dont be alone, BIND together!