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The UN Convention against Corruption & civil society: Taking stock after ten years

14 December 2015 in Anti-corruption Conventions, Civil society

14 December 2015 marks ten years since the landmark UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) came into force. UNCAC represented the first truly international consensus on the importance of tackling corruption at all levels and it explicitly identifies the important role that civil society plays in holding governments to account. To make this happen, UNCAC recognises […]

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Under fire in Gaza: Anti-corruption activist Marwa Abu Odeh

8 August 2014 in Africa and Middle East, Anti-corruption movement, Defence and Security, Human rights, Politics and government

In Gaza, the month-long conflict – currently in a fragile ceasefire – has claimed close to 1,900 lives, nearly 400 of them children. About 485,000 people are internally displaced – including five members of our staff. One of them is Marwa Abu Odeh, a project coordinator at Transparency International Palestine’s office in Gaza. Marwa manages […]

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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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