Zimbabwe, is not among the 115 countries that have signed the Paris Declaration. Yet the country remains in a political crisis and has suffered strained relations with donors.
As governments, donors and civil society activists gather in Accra, Ghana for the 3rd High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, women’s rights organisations and activists say the declaration does not sufficiently address women’s concerns.

“Aid cannot be deemed effective unless it tackles this central issue…

While civil society organisations welcomed the new order as one that would enhance accountability and ensure result-based approaches in the use of donor money, they had serious reservations with how gender issues would be addressed.
In 2005, the world witnessed a milestone as donors, governments and other development partners said it was not business as usual as they adopted the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.

You can call in and give us information. We don’t take corruption lightly at all,” World Bank’s vice-president for Africa, Obiageli Ezekwesili said.

Any one can now call up the World Bank to report corruption cases, the Bank’s senior official for Africa says.

“You can call in and give us information. We don’t take corruption lightly at all,” World Bank’s vice-president for Africa, Obiageli Ezekwesili said Monday in a video interaction with African journalists.

Amid the bustle and clamour of delegates around Accra, most ordinary Ghanaians still wonder what the fuss is about.

Hospitable Accra has once again drawn delegates from all over the world to meet and to talk.

This time it is about how to make aid effective, with about 1200 officials from governments, donor agencies and civil society gathered at the 3rd High Level Forum. That’s HLF3.

But amid the bustle and clamour of delegates around the Accra International Conference Centre…

Abortion Mock Tribunal hears of economic, emotional and physical strains young women endure after unsafe abortions.

As the film rolled, many of those in the room could not hold back tears as young women aged below 28 years narrated the economic, emotional and physical strains they have had to undergo after procuring unsafe abortions.

Sharing their stories behind a mask for fear of being arrested or physically assaulted by their families or anti-abortion groups…