'Show me your power adapters,' the 31-year-old Hassounah called out. Forty young hands shot up in response, hoisting pronged AC adapters skyward, black cords dangling to the floor. It was test deployment day for Hassounah and his team from the One Laptop Per Child project, and the students were interacting with their new laptops--or any laptop--for the very first time. For Hassounah, who recalled his time with the Nigerian students during a recent interview with CNET News.com, the day rewarded more...
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Antonio Tujan of Reality of Aid Network speaks at the Accra Forum ( courtesy Terra Viva website). 'Aid effectiveness must be understood in the broad framework of development effectiveness. The two are not mutually exclusive, contrary concepts, but are mutually reinforcing - there can be no aid effectiveness if aid does not fulfill the goals of addressing the objectives of development such as human rights, social justice and gender equality and sustainable development. Development effectiveness a more...
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ACCRA, Sep 4 (IPS) - As the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness drew to a close in the Ghanaian capital, gender activists reflected on the way ahead. Having successfully raised the visibility of gender equality and women's empowerment on the Accra Agenda, attention is now turning to the International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus in Doha, Qatar in November and the women are preparing to take forward their successes.
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The international debate on effective aid that is shaped by developing countries' needs rather than donors' priorities was resumed when ministers from over 100 countries, and members of development agencies, donor organisations and civil society gathered for the Third High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra Sep. 2-4. The Accra Forum reviewed progress in implementation of the 2005 Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness, and agreed on a new agenda to increase effectiveness of global develo more...
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The Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT), a coalition of women’s groups, held a forum for international women’s organisations in Accra, leading up to the High Level Forum. Birte Rodenberg, Policy Advisor of Action Against Aids in Germany, who participated in the forum, spoke to IPS (Terra Viva).
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Neglecting to provide for treatment for post-traumatic stress disorders can lead to new cycles of violence, says Joanne Sandler, Deputy Director of UNIFEM. In post conflict settings, where new constitutions are agreed upon, national development plans and budgets drawn up, new laws adopted and institutions rebuilt, there is often a unique window of opportunity to advance women’s rights and gender-equality.
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As the Civil Society Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana reached its conclusion, GCAP launched the start of a period of intensive campaigning starting in September and culminating with the annual Stand Up and Take Action mobilisation. Adelaide Sosseh, GCAP Co-Chair and activist encouraged people worldwide to join in: “There is a period of unique opportunity in the 50 days ahead when people can show they won’t accept the suffering of human poverty any longer. There are ways for every more...
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