Posts by Sheena Adams
Beyond Protest: Harnessing People Power for the New Decade
Shaazka Beyerle is a Senior Research Advisor in the Program on Nonviolent Action at the United States Institute of Peace and a Senior Advisor with ICNC. Here, she writes about what research conducted by her and her colleagues has revealed about the power of non-violent protest in social movements that have recognised the systemic nature…
Read MoreONE-Accountability Lab Partner with Trace Africa to Launch 2019 Accountability Music Awards
As the world commemorates International Anti-Corruption Day, ONE and Accountability Lab have partnered with continental Pop giants, Trace Africa, to launch the 2019 Accountability Music Awards. The awards celebrate the African musicians who use their voice to call for more transparency and accountability in Africa. Viewers on Trace Naija, Trace Urban and Trace Afrique, will…
Read MoreFlipping the Corruption Narrative in Pakistan
Transparency and accountability have been a key policy pillar of the PTI government since it came to power last year – for well-known reasons. The stories about corruption overwhelm us – from high-level cases against politicians, to graft within the police, to wrong-doing in colleges. Every day there are alarmist pieces about the impact that…
Read MoreSA Film Fellow Londeka Mazibuko addresses child abandonment
Londeka Mazibuko was an Integrity Icon Film Fellow for 2019 and is an aspiring film producer. She has previously worked on the set of Uzalo and most recently directored SWIFT’s national campaign on sexual harassment. She tells us more about her personal film project, “I am Human too” which she completed as part of her…
Read MoreDisinformation, Fake News and Integrity Icon
The world was a different place when we launched our Integrity Icon campaign five years ago. If we think of changes in everything from political leadership to cultural or social trends – the things we were supporting, reading or listening to in 2014 are probably not the same today. Integrity Icon was even known as…
Read MoreDriving positive narratives about change and accountability
The world over, a lack of accountability is undermining fair, equal societies; the most marginalised voices are not heard in critical conversations and leaders are not held responsible for their decisions. This in turn means people in power are not held to account or answerable for the use of that power. Accountability is critical as…
Read MoreIntegrity School Nepal 2019: beginning the journey
Accountability Lab Nepal recently launched its Integrity School for 2020, a year-long program that aims to build future leaders to be the building blocks of an accountability ecosystem in the country. Madhu Sudhan Ghimire, an Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, shares the surprises, learnings and discussions of his first three days in the program…
Read MoreDecapitalizing the ‘F’ in filmmaker…
Documentaries can generate some of the most enriching experiences in any form of filmmaking. You wrap your hands around a camera and the world opens in front of you to be recorded, beautified, chiselled and then seen and interrogated by various pairs of curious new eyes. Tsogo Kupa takes a closer look at the impact…
Read MoreApplications open for Team Nigeria’s SDG16 Innovation Challenge
The SDG16 innovation challenge is an initiative to find creative solutions for SDG16. The competition supports young men and women ages 15 – 35 years to develop ideas, build skills and connect with others working towards a shared goal of strengthening accountability, the rule of law and access to justice for Nigerians. Applicants are invited…
Read MoreSME challenges in Pakistan
Are you starting a new business in Pakistan? Great, but do you know what challenges you may face before and after starting a business in Pakistan? No? Okay, not to worry, lets discuss By Mohammed Adnan There are many challenges young entrepreneurs encounter in Pakistan and chief among them is the country’s weak contract enforcement…
Read MoreCommunity Building with Frontier Incubators
Accountability Lab Pakistan is an initiative to support youth, civil society activists and social entrepreneurs working around promoting transparency, accountability and responsible citizenship. Through this bottom-up approach, our work supports these leaders to create social awareness, transparency and responsibility among the citizens of Pakistan. The Lab’s Accountability Incubator was thrilled to be selected as one…
Read MoreAccountability Incubator Impact Report 2019 – Pakistan
The 2019 Accountability Incubator Impact Report for Pakistan is based on data collected from exit interviews conducted in March 2019 with accountapreneurs from both program cohorts in 2016 and 2017. Data was also collated from an impact survey conducted with both the 2018 and 2019 cohorts in July 2019. Out of 12 alumni, 6 people…
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