Are you interested in an opportunity to contribute to EveryPolitician – the “world’s richest open dataset website on politicians?” Apply to host a Wikidata workshop during the Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) from November 20-30, 2017! Participants in the GLOW-affiliated Wikidata workshops will collect information in “consistent and structured formats” about politicians in their country, which will then become available for…
In August 2017, two Mexican anti-corruption civil society groups #FiscalíaQueSirva and #VamosPorMás mobilized citizens on social media to demand greater independence for the newly created Federal Prosecutor General Office (FGR). Both groups are trying to “stop the candidacy” of Raúl Cervantes as the head of the FGR, as well as implement a new system and…
Last week, Rosa Maria Paya, Luis Almagro OAS Secretary General, and other Latin American activists signed onto the “Observatory on Transparency and Anti-Corruption” initiative at the OAS headquarters. Paya is the President of the Latin American Youth Network for Democracy (JuventudLAC), which has been working alongside regional partners to develop the initiative. With the support of…
Femmes et Droits Humains (Women and Human Rights – FDH) is a non-political, not-for-profit organization which works for the defense and promotion of women’s and girls’ human rights. We support, facilitate, and empower women, girls, and the public in general. Building on grassroots, we are effective partners who influence policy development and consolidate social justice,…