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Teaching integrity in schools: Lessons from Italy

14 March 2014 in Education, Europe and Central Asia, Young people

How do you talk to students about corruption? This is one of the questions and challenges that we at Transparency International Italy tried to answer with their project “A path towards legality. My school adopts TI-It”. Since our founding in 1996, we have been implementing projects in the education sector, as we believe that the education […]

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Fighting corruption from the classroom

13 March 2014 in Anti-corruption movement, Asia Pacific, Civil society, Education, Human rights, People power, Young people

For the students of University Laboratory School, 3 March 2014 was out of the ordinary. They had been told by their teachers over the previous few days about an exhibition of cartoons, which would be held at their school premises. And not only that, a quiz competition and anti-corruption oath-taking ceremony would follow – something […]

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Guatemala Superior Electoral Court elections: swayed by merit or particular interests?

12 March 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, People power, Politics and government

Shortly after publishing this blog, we were informed that the elections for the Superior Electoral Court took place unexpectedly on 11 March. David Gaitán, writer of this blog, gives this update: “Congress once again left transparency and accountability outside. It was done in the usual style, through contributions and negotiations in private and dark rooms. […]

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Time to stop secret contracts

11 March 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Africa and Middle East, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, People power, Politics and government, Private sector

We entrust governments – with our votes and money – to act transparently in our interest. This includes for the public contracts that they bid out to deliver: everything from schoolbooks to sanitation systems. Globally, these costs are estimated to top nearly US$ 9.5 trillion each year. Yet many of these contracts are done behind […]

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Russian money: too big to sanction?

10 March 2014 in Asset recovery, Cost of Corruption, Europe and Central Asia, Impunity, Politics and government

As the Crimea crisis has developed, there have been calls to freeze Russian and Ukrainian assets in the UK. Russian money is unusual for two reasons. First, the sheer volume. Secondly, because there have been persistent allegations that a substantial proportion of it is dirty money – gained through organised crime and corruption in a […]

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5 women who inspire YOU

7 March 2014 in Accountability, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Education, European Union, Health, Human rights, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Young people

All this week in the run up to International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’ve been celebrating female corruption fighters from across the world and asking YOU to share the names of women who have motivated you to stand up for justice and demand accountability at #WomenAgainstCorruption. From hard-hitting magistrates to celebrities and indefatigable rights […]

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From the ground up: Palestinian women on the frontlines of anti-corruption

6 March 2014 in Africa and Middle East, ALAC, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Human rights, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Young people

Saturday 8 March is International Women’s Day, and to mark the occasion we’re celebrating women corruption fighters across the world! All this week we’ll be interviewing some of the many remarkable women who fight corruption in our movement, and on Friday we’ll be profiling the women who spur YOU on to stand up against injustice. […]

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Corruption-busting in Zimbabwe: why being a woman helps

5 March 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Africa and Middle East, ALAC, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Education, Health, Human rights, Impunity, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Water, Whistleblowing, Young people

Saturday 8 March is International Women’s Day, and to mark the occasion we’re celebrating women corruption fighters across the world! All this week we’ll be interviewing some of the many remarkable women who fight corruption in our movement, and on Friday we’ll be profiling the women who spur YOU on to stand up against injustice. […]

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Slovenia: ‘Women’s voices must be louder’

4 March 2014 in Accountability, ALAC, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Education, Europe and Central Asia, European Union, Lobbying, Measurement and Research, Politics and government, Private sector, Whistleblowing, Young people

Saturday 8 March is International Women’s Day, and to mark the occasion we’re celebrating women corruption fighters across the world! All this week we’ll be interviewing some of the many remarkable women who fight corruption in our movement, and on Friday we’ll be profiling the women who spur YOU on to stand up against injustice. […]

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Champion for women’s rights in Pakistan

3 March 2014 in ALAC, Anti-corruption movement, Asia Pacific, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Education, Human rights, People power, Poverty and development, Young people

Saturday 8 March is International Women’s Day, and to mark the occasion we’re celebrating women corruption fighters across the world! All this week we’ll be interviewing some of the many remarkable women who fight corruption in our movement, and on Friday we’ll be profiling the women who spur YOU on to stand up against injustice. […]

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