Nabanna: Networking Rural Women and Knowledge (Baduria, North 24 Parganas District, West Bengal, India) uses grassroots processes to build information-sharing networks among low-income, rural women.

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The President of the Campaign for Female Education, Ann Lesley Cotton, shared knowledge drawn from 20 years of work in rural communities of Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular the focus on the social environment, community participation, and building a broader rural economy with the full participation of women.

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They are committed to growing knowledge-based economies while recognizing the importance of the rural sector.

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Women in many rural areas do not have structured local communication networks or access to information and knowledge, barriers that compound and enhance poverty.

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These jobs often involve local knowledge and range from things like checking what street signs say in rural Sudan for a satellite-navigation service to translating words into a Kenyan dialect for companies trying to spread their marketing.

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