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U.S. Embassy and Malian Minister Engage Young Female Filmmakers

United States Embassy in Mali - Press Statement Bamako, Mali, March 25, 2021 U.S. Embassy Bamako invited Mali’s Minister for the Promotion of Women, Children, and Families Bouaré Bintou Foune Samaké to join a breakfast conversation with ten rising Malian female filmmakers.  The event aimed to foster conversations about how to creatively use film as a tool to communicate with the public on issues related to women and children. The ten Malian women are participating in the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Film School Fellowship being run in Mali by Accountability Lab Country Director Moussa Kondo and Program Coordinator Zeina [...]

2021-03-31T08:37:28+00:0026th March 2021|

Supporting Women Empowerment Through Film – The YALI Film Fellowship in Mali

Interview by Alassane Cissé for Mehari Consulting On the occasion of the festivities marking the celebration of International Women's Day, our media department met a brave lady who fights every day in the shadows to contribute towards the empowerment of Malian women. Introducing Zeina Walet Mohamed Ali, who is in charge of the YALI Film School Fellowship project at Accountability Lab Mali. Mehari: Please introduce yourself to our readers. ZEINA: I am Zeinabou W. Mohamed Ali. I studied Engineering of Development Projects and Programs at Delta University. C from Bamako. I am now in charge of the YALI Film School Fellowship [...]

2021-03-14T19:55:04+00:0014th March 2021|

Accountability Lab urges Nigerian youth to imbibe culture of integrity and discipline

The Country Director of Accountability Lab Nigeria, Friday Odeh, has called on Nigerian youths to imbibe the culture of integrity and discipline while engaging in their daily activities. He made the disclosure while briefing journalists at the 4th Edition of the 2020 Integrity Icon awards in Abuja. He advised the youth to put in more efforts in their source of livelihoods and never to envy others or be in a hurry to make quick money. “I want all youth to deviate from this ‘quick money’ syndrome. It is good for them to do things the right way, and not engage [...]

2021-03-29T14:31:58+00:009th March 2021|

“I think I will be engaged in social services as long as I live”

A senior midwife of great experience, Sita Kumari Sharma speaks very seriously about the public service. She has many stories too, about her experiences at Nepal's Birendranagar Municipal Health Office. But if you ask her about the public service, her sense of duty is what she talks about. “If sharing my knowledge helps people, brings positive change or adds a new dimension to their life, even if no one else does, I feel internally motivated to do so. I think I will be engaged in social services as long as I live,” she says. Sita was speaking as part of a [...]

2020-07-07T22:54:03+00:0030th June 2020|

Liberian Hipco Stars Fight COVID-19 Through Music

Liberian hipco superstars, accountability ambassadors and all-round friends of the Lab Henry "Amaze Yor" Toe and Jonathan "Takun J" Koffa are doing their part in the fight against Covid-19. They teamed up with fellow hipco artists Sundaygar Dearboy, DenG, Soul Smiter, Odemz and TanTan to produce the song “Sanitize”, encouraging Liberians to practice good hygiene, stay alert and help stop the spread of coronavirus. Amaze Yor and Takun J are currently Hipco Accountability Ambassadors who mentor other underground artists to create music for social change. Hipco is a genre of dance music that blends hip-hop, R&B and traditional Liberian music with [...]

2020-07-07T19:22:28+00:0013th May 2020|

AL Nigeria Hosts Friendraiser for Accountability Incubator 2020 Cohort

On Friday 8th May, Accountability Lab Nigeria hosted a virtual friendraiser for the accountapreneurs of their 2020 Accountability Incubator. The event was an opportunity for the young changemakers to share their innovative solutions to accountability challenges as diverse as environmental impact and female genital mutilation with a wider audience. Here are some updates the accountapreneurs shared on their projects. Journalism is often a strong tool for accountability so it should come as no surprise that two of the initiatives in the cohort are centred on using journalism for just this purpose. One is an app aimed at creating a direct [...]

2020-05-11T00:00:00+00:0011th May 2020|

Accountability Lab Challenges Government to be Transparent in COVID-19 Fight

Monrovia, Liberia: Civil Society group, Accountability Lab is urging stakeholders fighting killer virus Corona, to consider accountability and transparency as key pillows in the national effort. Accountability Lab Country Director Lawrence Yealue suggested that the procurement process and beneficial ownership associated with the fight, need to be opened because according to him, Liberia is a signatory to the global open governance initiatives. He stressed that there are several missteps because of what he calls a lack of information accountability. Speaking in a KMTV exclusive Tuesday interview Mr. Yealue is quoted as saying, “Messages are not clear for consumption which is [...]

2020-05-03T00:00:00+00:003rd May 2020|

Pushing for Anticorruption through the G20 Civil Society Engagement Process

Originally published on The Global Anticorruption Blog. Written by Blair Glencorse. As many readers of this blog know, the annual G20 meeting has a variety of associated processes, including a forum for engagement with global civil society known as the C20. This is an opportunity for civil society organizations (CSOs)—including grassroots groups, rights-focused organizations, and other activists—to feed policy recommendations directly to the most powerful governments in the world. This process has not been without challenges, especially when the G20 meeting is held in a country that is not exactly friendly to civil society activism (including Russia in 2013, China in 2016 and this [...]

2020-07-07T19:28:06+00:001st May 2020|

[Webinar] Creative Youth Approaches to trust during Covid19

The Accountability Lab and the Ford Foundation co-hosted a discussion on April 29 around how young people and agile organizations in East and West Africa are ensuring accountability and trust within responses to the coronavirus pandemic. We extend our gratitude to Michael Katagaya (Evidence and Methods Lab), Nerima Wako-Ojiwa (Siasa Place) and Odeh Friday (Accountability Lab Nigeria) for participating in a dynamic conversation. AL's Learning Director Cheri-Leigh Erasmus moderated the webinar and sums up a few of its key points here.   LISTEN TO THE RECORDING Participants from across Africa joined in a robust discussion the ways in which organizations have had to [...]

2020-07-07T19:34:45+00:001st May 2020|

Why Tackling Corruption Is Crucial to the Global Coronavirus Response

By Blair Glencorse The dusty border town of Taftan in western Pakistan is a frequent stopover for religious pilgrims. Many members of the country’s Shiite minority pass through it en route to visit holy sites in neighboring Iran. But after Iran emerged as one of the countries hit hardest by the coronavirus, the Pakistani government set up a quarantine camp in Taftan to prevent further movement, inadvertently turning the town into an epicenter for the spread of COVID-19. Testing in the camp is sporadic at best, while health facilities are abysmal. Many pilgrims reportedly paid bribes to escape back into Pakistan, [...]

2021-03-16T18:13:38+00:0029th April 2020|
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