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Engendering aid: analysis of the Accra outcomes
15/12/2008 By Nerea Craviotto
In this comment, Nerea Craviotto analyses the results of the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA), adopted in September in the capital of Ghana, from the gender perspective. On the basis of the AAA, both donor and developing countries members have committed themselves to continuing to progress aid reform under the framework of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005). The present document argues that although progress has been made in gender equality and women’s empowerment with respect to the 2005 Declaration, gains have been modest.
In a similar vein, this paper briefly reviews the mobilisation process of women’s rights organisations in the lead up to Accra, going on to analyse the results obtained, and mentioning some of the challenges and opportunities which lie ahead in the lead up to the IV High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness which will take place in 2011.
The commitments undertaken in Accra open up new opportunities to continue moving forward the gender equality and women’s empowerment agenda in the framework of aid reform, with a view to the 4º High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness which will take place in 2011.
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Keywords
Aid effectiveness Gender Poverty reductionBio author: Nerea Craviotto
Nerea Craviotto has closely followed the gender equality and women’s empowerment agenda in the context of aid reform from her role as activist at the European network WIDE (www.wide-network.org). Although she no longer works at WIDE, she has been a member since October 2008.
