Mobile Learning for Change

To use and explore the potential of SMS technology as an information tool to empower rural women in agriculture to make more effective use of the limited resources available to them and to access development initiatives which they might not otherwise be aware of.

Access to ICTs is a key theme in the WSIS Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action adopted in Geneva in 2003. This Declaration aims to ‘ensure that more than half the world’s inhabitants have access to ICTs within their reach’ by 2015. Fahamu has been involved in numerous activities over the years that relate to this theme and end goal. The development of ICT tools are required to enhance the participation and involvement of rural women in agricultural settings. New forms of learning and communication would help women to have free and open access to resources, technological innovations and information. Moreover, it is important to focus on disseminating information to those who have the most difficult time accessing it: the rural populations.

South Africa

Information systems;Agricultural production;Gender advocacy

Mobile phones;ICTs

formation

Rural women;Women farmers

Fahamu is a human rights organization that aspires to achieve progressive social change by supporting and collaborating with organizations and social movements through educational material, online newsletters, training programs and information and communication technologies. Fahamu believes that civil society organisations have a critical role to play in defending human rights, and that information and communications technologies can and should be harnessed for that cause. Description brève de l'organisation

Anil Naidoo, Director

PO Box 70740
Overport, Durban
KwaZulu Natal 4067,
South Africa
Telephone no. 27 - (0)31-207-1144 Fax No. 27 - (0)31-207-8403