1. GLOBILSATION AND ERADICATION OF POVERTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR MS V. Titi

2. Issues and challenges Poor facilitation of rural women programs Commercialization Lack of services Global warming Competition for land –Biofuel Vs Crop production Registration of enterprises

3. Challenges continues Globalization is a form of exploitation of the masses Lack of education Communicating globalization to rural women Lack of markets Delays in government programs roll-out How to secure patency Lack of succession-transfer of knowledge from one generation to the other

4. issues and challenges Contributing structural factors- Macro-economic policy environment and current inequalities and underdevelopment of rural areas in LDC Socio-economic system and marginalization of the poor Ferminazation to and enforcement of regional and international initiatives Emerging economic reforms for global competitiveness in Africa have inherited more from colonial models and institutions than building on African values and systems Accommodate foreign capital interest

5. Challenges Continues i. Institutions unfavorable to the poor ii. Secure distributional advantage for the powerful (rich getting richer) How product patent and protection are handled in African indigenous communities

6. Challenges continues How product patent and protection are handled in African indigenous communities Technology and product innovation and development in a rural environment How product patent and protection are handled in African indigenous communities What is it as African can we present that can be labeled marketable opportunities.

7. Challenges continues What are governments doing to combat continuing poverty No product to compete with external markets-Countries need to have an entry point Lack of knowledge leads to exploitation

8. Suggested interventions Need to understand what our needs are Policy makers need to act on the enthusiasm of rural women through frequent interventions; Use local rural structures to implement programs Establish center of knowledge and information in rural areas Government can have a database of all civil society organization

9. Suggested interventions Developed countries need to transfer technology We need to find out what we can do with what we have Protection against exploitation by traders We need to set targets for eradicating poverty The need to exchange technological know how

10. Suggested interventions Ensure women are not only introduced to new technologies but entrusted with their use Value chain mainstreaming rural poor through indigenous innovation and development in the global economy;

11. Suggested interventions Cultural Industries Case Study Value chain mainstreaming rural poor through indigenous innovation and development in the global economy Technology and product innovation and development in a rural environment Value of collective action, business linkages and partnerships in Market Economy New Market creation Funding

12. Collective approach to programs Need to have solidarity approach to issues Need to communicate the resolutions of the Congress back to countries Need to have exchange programs to learn from each other

13. Challenges continues