AMARC has facilitated a significant amount of action research concerning the impact that women's empowerment can have on good governance through community radio in the last two years.

This document includes articles on Women and good governance , as well as practitioners' experiences gathered through several knowledge sharing and action research seminars held through the CR network worldwide, in continuity with the action research project on - the Social Impact of Community Radio: Removing Barriers, Increasing Effectiveness - held all through 2006 As indicated, AMARC held a series of knowledge sharing and action research seminars. These reflections have resulted in a body of knowledge consisting of written and audio information in several areas, particularly regarding women's empowerment and good governance. This document, disseminated by email and in hard copy to CR stakeholders, contains some relevant contributions and is intended to further knowledge sharing and discussions to increase women's empowerment and participation in democratic processes. It also seeks to contribute to the impact of CR on influencing governance issues related to gender equality and women's rights. We also expect to embed action-research techniques for social impact assessment in the Women's International Network as well as within CR.