CSOs demand time-bound and concrete commitment on aid
Civil Society Parallel Conference on Aid Effectiveness ended yesterday with urgent calls for time-bound commitment to deliver real results for people on the ground towards poverty eradication and social exclusion.
Over 500 representatives from 350 Civil Society Organisations met in Accra, the Ghanaian capital ahead of the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF) to push for reforms and measures that must be taken to make aid better. 
Toms official commends education programme
One of the true signs of a fruitful partnership is when a party comes out openly to express satisfaction about a project that has been successfully delivered through mutual cooperation and respect.
This was the situation as Miss Mette Andersen, Corporate Public Relations Manager of Toms, a Danish chocolate manufacturing company expressed satisfaction of her company’s association with Ibis West Africa’s education programme.
More Ghanaian women justify spousal beatings - Survey
47 per cent of Ghanaian women defend spousal beatings.
The 2006 Ghana Multiple Cluster Survey (MICS) has revealed that 47% of women between 15 to 49 years believed that husband is justified in beating his wife.
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| What is Ibis? |
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Ibis is a Danish member-based development organisation working at the global, national and local levels to create equal access to education, influence and resources for the poor and the marginalized people in Africa and Latin America.
We carry out our work in cooperation with popular civil society organisations and local national authorities to overcome poverty and injustice. Our vision is to work for a just world in which all people have equal access to education and resources and be able to influence the decisions that affect their lives.
Ibis supports over 200 development projects in Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Angola, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. |
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