Kelli Mack/ May 1, 2008/ 9:08 pm/ Gender Issues
In Ghana, several civil service organizations have spoken out about gender equality and women's rights issues. They feel that funding for their activities has been slowly declining and it is affecting their ability to get things done in the name of women's rights. The head of these cso's stated that since women are part of the economy and are 70% of the worlds poor and therefore leaving them out of development causes a huge problem. She then expressed that aid is usually given in accordance with political agendas, which often leaves out women. To be in accordance with things such as the Millenium Development Goals and the Beijing Platform more money needs to be given to women's rights so that more can be done for equality.
I think these women are right, women make up the largest portion of the poor and somehow money is continuing to be taken away from them, giving them no hope for advancement and equality. I would like to see more done to empower women and think its sad that money is being taken away from them and keeping them out of the development process.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200804290671.html
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