On the 8th of March, 2011, I was fortunate to join in the celebration of the 100th International Women’s Day in Kailahun–Sierra Leone. As a gender activist and a development practitioner myself, ...
ABSTRACT The economic decadence that marked the last quarter of the 20th century saw rise of neoliberalism and the introduction of privatisation as a solution to the inefficient provision of ...
This piece was submitted as part of an e-discussion on ‘Women and Poverty’ which was organised by the UNDP and UN/DESA between the 11th of January and 12th of February, 2010. There is no doubt ...
I remember the young and hard-hearted Fofo in Ama Darko’s novel - Faceless - who kept telling people that she knows poverty, she has seen it and she negotiates with it every day. Fofo’s life is a ...
When Esther Boserup’s publication on women’s roles in economic development was published in the 70s, it was considered by many feminists as a path-breaking ground to document gender inequalities ...
The rapid economic growth of China has put her in a position where she is currently rubbing shoulders with the economic giants such as US, Japan, UK, and the others. There are those who speculate ...
Currently, Ghana is tipped to be the only country if not one of the few countries in the land marked by poverty and underdevelopment, to reduce poverty by half by the year 2015 (a year tipped for ...