Regional partnership project on using communication to facilitate networking among African women's organisations for promoting gender equality and women's rights project/Projet de partenariat regional sur l'utilisation de la communication pour faciliter le reseautage parmi [es organisations des femmes Africaines pour le projet de promotion de l'egalite des genres et des droits de la femme.

• Position: COMMUNICATION PROGRAMME/PROGRAMME COMMUNICATION

At the heart of FEMNET's Communication programme is the focus on improving networking, communication and information dissemination among African women. Beginning 2006, FEMNET working in close partnership with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) sought to increase the availability of information on women's human rights in both English and French so as to facilitate enhanced exchange of experiences and ideas between rural women from different parts of Africa. This year, FEMNET is pleased to inform its members that the various activities set out in the project entitled "Using communication to facilitate networking among African women's organisations for promoting gender equality and women's rights", have been completed, with the expected outputs being achieved.

One key output, which we believe many members have already noticed, is the newly re-designed website, with a user-friendly interface and relevant content for members and partners (www.femnet. or.ke). An online catalogue with the holdings of the Resource Centre is also now available through the website as well as useful online publications on diverse gender issues have been added in the French section of the website. The electronic Bulletin which is sent out to all our members on monthly basis has also been upgraded. Following the recommendations proposed in the Information Needs Assessment and Evaluation (NA/E) report published in September 2006, FEMNET will begin to implement some of these recommendations such as developing a monitoring mechanism to continuously evaluate FEMNET's information products/services and strengthening the capacity for members in using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).

FEMNET believes that the achievements from this project have made significant contributions in positioning FEMNET as a first choice information resource for African women.

Au coeur du programme Communication de FEMNET se trouve l'insistance sur l'amelioration du reseautage, de la communication et de la diffusion de l'information parmi les femmes africaines. Depuis 2006, FEMNET travaillant en etroit partenariat avec le Centre Technique de Cooperation Agricole et...