IPS Terraviva | Africa » Ghana http://africa.ipsterraviva.net The Independent Family of Publications from Inter Press Service Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:56:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 © wordpress@ipsterraviva.net () wordpress@ipsterraviva.net() The Independent Family of Publications from Inter Press Service wordpress@ipsterraviva.net No no http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg IPS Terraviva | Africa http://africa.ipsterraviva.net 144 144 Three days turned into 18 months for poor Timor-Leste http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/04/three-days-turned-into-18-months-for-poor-timor-leste/ http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/04/three-days-turned-into-18-months-for-poor-timor-leste/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:01:22 +0000 Zahira Kharsany http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/?p=138 Accra, Sept 5 (IPS) A government minister from the world’s youngest nation – and also one of its poorest – told a meeting of powerful global bankers today exactly how hard it is to extract aid from rich countries. Emilia Pires, Minister of Finance of Timor Leste - or East Timor - told the 3rd High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in the Ghanaian capital yesterday conditionalities and bureaucracy made it difficult to obtain foreign aid that is sorely needed to develop her country.

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]]> http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/04/three-days-turned-into-18-months-for-poor-timor-leste/feed/ 0 ‘Our voices have been heard’ http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/%e2%80%98our-voices-have-been-heard%e2%80%99/ http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/%e2%80%98our-voices-have-been-heard%e2%80%99/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:30:51 +0000 Zahira Kharsany http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/?p=191 Related posts:
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]]> http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/%e2%80%98our-voices-have-been-heard%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 It pays off to invest in women’s health http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/it-pays-off-to-invest-in-womens-health/ http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/it-pays-off-to-invest-in-womens-health/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:23:30 +0000 Zahira Kharsany http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/?p=189 "Making the health and rights of women a global priority is not only the right thing to do, it is smart economics,” write Thoraya Ahmed Obaid and Theresa Shaver. NEW YORK - The neighbour heard Husan Pari’s screams and went to help her. She was about to deliver her baby. A traditional birth attendant tried her best, but the baby just would not emerge. The birth attendant refused to help anymore.

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]]> http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/it-pays-off-to-invest-in-womens-health/feed/ 0 Equitable development: the risks of inaction http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/equitable-development-the-risks-of-inaction/ http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/equitable-development-the-risks-of-inaction/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:13:45 +0000 Zahira Kharsany http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/?p=185 The risks of not acting on climate change are grim, writes Yash Tandon, Executive Director of the South Centre. GENEVA - There is much to celebrate in the growth and development of the South in recent years, from the ability of certain Latin American countries to avoid dependence on the North to the growth of the economies of certain Asian countries whose increasing sovereign wealth is now being tapped to bail out distressed banks in the North.

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]]> http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/equitable-development-the-risks-of-inaction/feed/ 0 A window of opportunity in post-conflict countries http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/a-window-of-opportunity-in-post-conflict-countries/ http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/a-window-of-opportunity-in-post-conflict-countries/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:22:41 +0000 Zahira Kharsany http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/?p=179 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. At the same time, because conflict generally brings about changes in existing gender relations...

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]]> http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/a-window-of-opportunity-in-post-conflict-countries/feed/ 0 Vulnerable group and climate change http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/vulnerable-group-and-climate-change/ http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/vulnerable-group-and-climate-change/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:49:34 +0000 Zahira Kharsany http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/?p=94 The majority in Africa — who are the poor women — bear the brunt of the effects of climate change yet they least contribute to it. As the world grapples with the effects of climate change, the topic could not be ignored at the ongoing 3rd High Level forum on Aid Effectiveness. The realisation is that majority in Africa — who are the poor women — bear the brunt of the effects of climate change...

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]]> http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/vulnerable-group-and-climate-change/feed/ 0 Weaving a future http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/weaving-a-future/ http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/weaving-a-future/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:04:53 +0000 Zahira Kharsany http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/?p=109 Peace baskets bring hope to Rwandan women KIGALI - In the courtyard of a red brick home in the district of Gitarama outside Kigali, three women sit together on a bench, laughing and gossiping as they wrap lengths of crimson twine around a curl of bunched straw. While it may seem like little more then Rwandan tradition, these weavers represent an economic success the tiny landlocked country has earned by the hands of its women.

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]]> http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/03/weaving-a-future/feed/ 0 “Where women can’t thrive, MDGs are in jeopardy” http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/02/where-women-cant-thrive-mdgs-are-in-jeopardy/ http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/02/where-women-cant-thrive-mdgs-are-in-jeopardy/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:47:30 +0000 Zahira Kharsany http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/?p=196 Related posts:
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]]> http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/02/where-women-cant-thrive-mdgs-are-in-jeopardy/feed/ 0 A lot of aid remains in donor countries http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/02/a-lot-of-aid-remains-in-donor-countries/ http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2008/09/02/a-lot-of-aid-remains-in-donor-countries/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:44:12 +0000 Zahira Kharsany http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/?p=194 Birte Rodenberg, Policy Advisor of Action Against Aids, Germany. 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 in the leadup to the High Level Forum. Birte Rodenberg, Policy Advisor of Action Against Aids in Germany, who participated in the forum, spoke to IPS.

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