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Article: Q&A: WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS REGROUP AFTER AID SUMMIT.
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- September 8, 2008
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By Paula Fray
ACCRA, Ghana, Sep. 5, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Women's rights activists are reflecting on the future of their campaigns, as the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness draws to a close in the Ghanaian capital.
Having successfully raised the visibility of gender equality and women's empowerment on the Accra Agenda, attention is now turning to the International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus in Doha, Qatar, in November and the women are preparing to take forward their successes.
IPS asked UNIFEM Cross Regional Programs Manager Letty Chiwara to discuss what lays ahead.
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