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  • IIEP contributes to G20 debates on corruption

    News

    The fight against corruption was featured high on the G20 agenda in Brisbane (15-16 November 2014). “High-level principles on corruption and growth” were discussed by the Anti-Corruption Working Group, which was established in 2010 “in recognition of the significant impact of corruption on economic growth, trade and development”.

  • Combatting corruption in education on a global front

    Muriel Poisson

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  • Newspaper

    Huge rise in segregation, and bias against women students

    Iran, Islamic Republic

    Press

    Yojana Sharma and Shafigeh Shirazi - University World News

    More than 600 degree programmes in 60 universities in Iran are now segregated by gender, in what is being seen as a major expansion of the government's efforts to separate male and female students. Iranian rights groups released the report of a study by Student News, which found that there has not only been an increase in gender separation but also in gender discrimination.

  • Corruption and gender in service delivery: the unequal impacts

    It is increasingly recognized that gender acts as a lens to magnify the impacts of corruption, particularly when it comes to service delivery in developing countries. Corruption in the provision of basic services such as health and education can have...

    Transparency International

    Berlin, Transparency International, 2010

  • Newspaper

    Causes of corruption concerning girls in schools

    Côte d'Ivoire

    Press

    Ablan Anne-Marie, N'Dasso Flore Ben-Bac, Kouakou Armand, Konan Ettien, Bende - Rocare

    Compared to boys, girls are more exposed to corrupt practices, especially girls within the 15-19 age group. Eradicating the phenomenon through the increase of public awareness and the creation of units to fight corruption in schools is the challenge facing educational authorities.

  • Corruption, accountability and gender: understanding the connections

    This publication from UNDP analyses corruption's linkages to gender equality issues and how it impacts women's empowerment is part of the process of advancing women's rights and understanding gender dimensions of democratic governance. UNDP and...

    Hossain, Naomi, Nyamu Musembi, Celestine, Hughes, Jessica

    New York, UNDP, 2010

  • Causes de la corruption chez les filles à l'école

    En Côte d'Ivoire, les actions de lutte contre la corruption visent plus la dénonciation et la sensibilisation des acteurs en général. Mais les études sur la perception et les pratiques corruptrices en milieu scolaire restent rares. Cette contribution...

    Ettien Ablan, Anne-Marie, Bendé N'Dasso, Flore Ben-Bac, Konan Kouakou, Armand

    2010

  • Newspaper

    Pandor vows to act on university racism report

    South Africa

    Press

    Sue Blaine - All Africa

    The committee set up in March last year by the Education Minister to investigate racism and sexism in higher education has revealed that discrimination was pervasive despite all the good policies generated by the institutions. The committee believes that the racism persists in higher education mostly because of the weakness of the institutions' information dissemination: it recommended the creation of a transformation compact which will help to oversight the institutions to sensitize staff to the different needs of students from various cultural and economic backgrounds.

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