This paper critiques the aid and development effectiveness agendas from a gender equality and women’s rights perspective. It argues that the discourse as is now represented by the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness is largely gender blind and overly narrow.

Proposed components for a new framework for development cooperation from a women’s rights perspective include:
- A human rights basis with an integrated gender approach;
- Real participation of women’s rights organisations;
- Systematic coherence with women’s rights frameworks and alignment of developing countries’ priorities and development plans with international and regional agreements on human rights and gender equality;
- The goal to eradicate the root causes of poverty and inequalities;
- Predictable, long-term and diversified funding for women’s organisations promoting gender equality and women’s rights; and
- Gender sensitive and gender specific indicators measuring progress on development effectiveness outcomes.

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