alessandra galie on "Positive Anger"

alessandra galie — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:58:27 +0000

Dear Zainab Magdy,

I am writing to you after reading an article entitled ‘Women and Memory: “I’m the Story”’ (http://www.opendemocracy.net/audio/jane-gabriel/by)

I am very interested in having access to the gender-sensitive re-written stories the article mentions since I would like to share these stories with the women farmers I work with.
As part of my research at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) I am assessing the empowering potential of participatory agricultural development for the Syrian women farmers.

In a conference we organized in May 2008, we used one-minute videos, transmitted through mobile phones, as a way of spreading the short stories the farmers brought to the conference (http://www.icarda.org/FarmersConference/Home.html). The important role of women in agriculture was the subject of some presentations that challenged the invisibility of women in agriculture in Syria (http://www.new-ag.info/08/05/develop/dev2.php).

Facilitating women’s access to technology is also part of my approach to knowledge sharing and women’s empowerment.
I would very much like to share the gender-sensitive re-written stories with the women farmers I work with.

Are the stories available? Can you send me some material related to them?
Also, is there any event in the near future that deals with the issues I mentioned above?

Thank you very much
Best regards

Alessandra Galie'

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