The UNCAC Coalition’s Gender, Inclusion & Corruption working group seeks to:
- Influence and inspire
- Share ideas
- Advocate for better data
- Advocate for changes in international law, policy, and practice.
- Create a space for discussion and debate
Please find here more information about the background, context, aims, and expected outputs and outcomes of the working group.
Working Group Co-Chairs:
Monica Kirya, Deputy Director (interim), U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center of the Chr. Michelsen Institute.
Matthew Gichohi, researcher, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center of the Chr. Michelsen Institute.
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The Working Group hosts a dedicated email discussion list as well as several coordination calls per year.
Next Working Group Meeting:
Wednesday, 28 February, from 15:00-16:30 (Vienna time)
Please fill out these questionnaires to gather information regarding Sexual Corruption and the Intersection of Gender and Corruption.
The questionnaires will be used to build two individual unique, public and living databases. The findings of the questionnaires will be used to advance discussions, inform national and global advocacy efforts, and support evidence-based advocacy for the scaling of good practices.
Working Group Taskforces:
Sexual Corruption Legal Taskforce
- Chair: Laura Nyirinkindi, International Federation of Women Lawyers.
Gender and Corruption Data Taskforce
- Chair: Michele Coleman, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Mainstreaming Gender and Promoting Inclusion in Anti-Corruption Frameworks Taskforce
- Chair: Zakhona Mvelase, African Women Against Corruption Network.
Selected past activities and outputs on Gender, Inclusion & Corruption:
General readings
- Advocacy Toolkit: Ensuring Effective Reparation to Victims of the Harm caused by Corruption, UNCAC Coalition Working Groups on Asset Recovery; Gender, Inclusion and Corruption; Grand Corruption and State Capture; and Victims of Corruption, November 2023.
- Gender Toolkit: Promoting a Gender Sensitive and Inclusive Approach to Anti-Corruption, November 2023.
- Open Letter (EN): A Call for Action at the 10th UNCAC Conference of States Parties in Atlanta in December 2023 to Ensure Effective Reparation to Victims of the Harm caused by Corruption, 31 October 2023.
- Open Letter (ES): Carta abierta a los Estados Parte de la CNUCC: Llamamiento a la acción en la 10ª Conferencia de Estados Parte de la CNUCC, que se celebrará en Atlanta en diciembre de 2023 Garantizar una reparación efectiva a las víctimas de los daños causados por la corrupción, 31 October 2023.
- Open Letter (FR): Lettre ouverte aux États parties à la CNUCC : Un appel à l’action lors de la 10e Conférence des États parties à la CNUCC à Atlanta en décembre 2023 pour garantir une réparation effective aux victimes des préjudices causés par la corruption, 31 October 2023.
- Gender, Inclusion and Corruption Working Group Submission to the CoSP10: Promoting a gender-responsive and inclusive approach to anti-corruption, 20 October 2023
- Written submission: Consequences of Corruption: The Right of Victims to Participation and Reparation in Corruption Cases Submission, UNCAC Coalition Working Groups on Victims of Corruption, on Asset Recovery, on Grand Corruption and State Capture, and on Gender Inclusion & Corruption, 17 October 2023.
- U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre: Gender and Corruption – Basic Guide.
- Camacho, G.; (2021) Corruption and gender equality: a summary of existing research. Bergen: U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Helpdesk Answer 2021:9)
- Transparency International Submission to the 8th UNCAC CoSP
- Bauhr, M. et al., 2018. Close the political gender gap to reduce corruption, U4 Brief.
Sexual Corruption / Sextortion
- Bjarnegård, Elin; Calvo, Dolores; Eldén, Åsa; Jonsson, Sofia & Lundgren, Silje (2023) Sex instead of Money. Conceptualizing Sexual Corruption. Manuscript submitted for publication.
- Lundgren, Silje; Eldén, Åsa; Calvo, Dolores & Bjarnegård, Elin (2023) Sextortion: Linking sexual violence and corruption in Sweden and Norway, in M. Lundqvist; K. Widegren & A. Simonsson (eds.) Re-imagining Sexual Harassment: Perspectives from the Nordic Region. Bristol University Press (Policy Press).
- Eldén, Åsa & Bjarnegård, Elin (2022) Implementing Policy Against Sextortion in Tanzania: A follow-up study, EBA Working Paper, September 2022, The Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA).
- Bjarnegård, Elin; Calvo, Dolores; Eldén, Åsa & Lundgren, Silje (2022) Sextortion: Corruption Shaped by Gender Norms, in I. Kubbe & O. Merkle (eds.) Corruption and Gender: The Role of Norms, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Transparency International (2022). Criminalising sextortion: Challenges and alternatives.
- International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ), 2012. Stopping the abuse of power through sexual exploitation: naming, shaming, and ending sextortion.
- Eldén, Å., D. Calvo, E. Bjarnegård, S. Lundgren and S. Jonsson (2020), Sextortion: Corruption and Gender-Based Violence, EBA Report 2020:06, the Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA), Sweden.
- International Bar Association (IBA)/Sara Carnegie (2019) Sextortion. A crime of corruption and sexual exploitation. International Bar Association, London, UK.
- GiZ, 2021. Sextortion: Understanding and addressing sexualized corruption
Mainstreaming gender in the UNCAC and anti-corruption initiatives generally
- Merkle, O.; (2018) Mainstreaming gender and human rights in anti-corruption programming. Bergen: U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Helpdesk Answer 2018:8)
- Rahman, K.; (2021) Gender mainstreaming in the UNCAC . Bergen: U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Helpdesk Answer 2021:14)
- Zúñiga, N.; (2020) Gender sensitivity in corruption reporting and whistleblowing. Bergen: U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Helpdesk Answer 2020:10)
- Brownie, E. 2014. Gender – the power relationship that Political Economy Analysis forgot?
Inclusion / intersectionality
- Bullock J and Jenkins M, 2020. Corruption and Marginalisation. Transparency International Helpdesk Answer
- Jenkins, M.; McDonald, E.; (2022) Corruption and the equal enjoyment of rights for persons with disabilities. Bergen: U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Helpdesk Answer 2022:7)