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        <title><![CDATA[100 years of women’s Struggles and Successes – Are we there yet?]]></title>
        <link>http://ernextz.over-blog.com/article-100-years-of-women-s-struggles-and-successes-are-we-there-yet-68989577.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	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, it was a great day not only in terms of the activities and actions that took place, but also what[...]]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Water Privatisation and Gendered Poverty]]></title>
        <link>http://ernextz.over-blog.com/article-water-privatisation-and-gendered-poverty--43051254.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	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 utility services; water privatisation gained momentum in the 90s. Though private sector participation in[...]]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gender and Poverty]]></title>
        <link>http://ernextz.over-blog.com/article-gender-and-poverty-43048413.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	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 that women have been given a centre stage in the poverty alleviation process even though this can be[...]]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Claim To Know Poverty And The Chase After The Wind]]></title>
        <link>http://ernextz.over-blog.com/article-the-claim-to-know-poverty-and-the-chase-after-the-wind-40331218.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	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 description of the many people in this world who have to wake up at the sound of the cock’s crow or[...]]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[GENDER, A Means To An End?]]></title>
        <link>http://ernextz.over-blog.com/article-gender-a-means-to-an-end-38467957.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	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 and a platform to advocate for gender equality and equity. Since her publication, issues of gender[...]]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[China's Wedding to Africa: For Better ... For Worse?]]></title>
        <link>http://ernextz.over-blog.com/article-36387368.html</link>        <description><![CDATA[	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 and predict that China is likely to be the next world superpower. China stunned the world with its[...]]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ghana's Development Is In Our Hands]]></title>
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