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Get involved: Support a mobile transparency project!

By on 21 March 2013 in Accountability, People power, Technology

This article was cross-posted from the blog of the engine room Transparency International recently awarded grants to TI country chapters with ideas for mobilising more people in their countries around anti-corruption campaigns. The common thread among these new initiatives was a clear recognition of the potential that web and mobile-based technologies have to engage people. [...]

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The legalisation debate: why allowing bribery won’t work

By on 21 December 2012 in Asia Pacific, Impunity

Imagine having to pay a bribe in order to register your marriage, get a passport, report a crime or even to claim on your medical insurance.  These are just a few examples taken from over 20,000 stories shared online on the Indian website, ipaidabribe.com.  Similar stories of petty bribery can be heard in Greece, Zimbabwe [...]

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What stops women reporting corruption?

By on 21 November 2012 in Africa and Middle East, ALACs in AFME

When asked whether corruption is a problem for women, I immediately think about the women in a local hospital who were being charged US$ 5 every time they screamed while giving birth. The impact of corruption on women is under-researched and hard to document because it is not easy for women to come forward and [...]

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Dancing and acting against corruption in the streets of Harare

By on 14 November 2012 in Africa and Middle East, People power, Young people

Why a flashmob? The operating context for TI-Zimbabwe is one mired with suspicion and prejudices against civil society by government organs. It still remains very difficult to conduct protests against any social ills like the rising levels of systemic corruption. Creativity continues to be TI-Z’s best advocacy strategy hence it piloted the use of flash-mobs [...]

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If you whistleblow on me…I will bite your ears off!

By on 12 November 2012 in Africa and Middle East, Whistleblowing, Young people

Our Palestinian chapter have prepared children’s stories about corruption as part of a national educational campaign. They provide a nice example of that human tradition of using stories to pass lessons between generations. In one story, “the integrity of the fox”, a fox starts an agricultural project in cooperation with a rabbit. But the fox [...]

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What does corruption mean to you?

By on 12 July 2012 in Accountability, Africa and Middle East, ALAC, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Asia Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, People power, Poverty and development, Private sector, Technology

Corruption. Inevitable? Unstoppable?  We don’t think so – and we want to hear your ideas for new ways of talking about it. Launched today, our 2011 Annual Report offers a snapshot of our activities around the world in 2011 – from the 3,500 election monitors we recruited in Guatemala through social media, to the 17 year [...]

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Mobile ALACs in Africa: Giving citizens from rural areas a voice

By on 6 December 2011 in Africa and Middle East, ALAC, ALACs in AFME

Laura Granado, Programme Coordinator in the Middle East and Africa Department, writes on the work of mobile Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALACs) in Africa, bringing free legal advice to rural populations. One of the main objectives of Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALACs) is to empower the victims and witnesses of acts of corruption [...]

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