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Ghanaian women's rights increase through Canadian partnership
The Ontario NGO, Crossroads International, reduces poverty and advances women's rights by working with local partners around the world. One of their partners is ABANTU for Development, a Ghanaian organization that focuses on increasing women's participation and representation in politics. The Link's Lyne-Francoise Pelletier spoke with Hamida Harrison, the programme manager at ABANTU.
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- http://www.cciorg.ca
- http://www.abantu-rowa.org
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