Description
The project aims to initiate a discussion on the link between corruption and gender. The project will analyse corrupt criminal offences from the gender perspective, provide statistics concerning the representation of women in the public administration and will carry out innovative sociological research. Arguments on the benefits of the increased representation of women in political and other functions and on the potential of the adopted measures decreasing the level of corruption will be formulated.
Summary of project results
To date, there has been no study into the proportion of women involved in corruption offenses in the Czech Republic. At the same time, efforts to increase the number of women in decision-making positions have not been successful. Our main objective, therefore, was to raise awareness of the gender aspects of corruption and carry out research in this area. We have prepared and publicised three innovative analyses: the legal analysis of corruption offenses in terms of gender, sociological research on differences in the public gender perception of corruption offenses, and current data on the representation of women and men in decision-making positions in government. The main conclusions of the analyses were presented at the final international gender conference with the active participation of the Norwegian representative of Transparency International and the GRECO gender equality rapporteur. They presented international attitudes and existing findings related to the topic of gender and corruption. In a set of recommendations for the Czech Republic, it was noted that the collection and comparison of gender-sensitive data is very important in terms of national and international comparison. Representatives of the public administration also took part in the implementation phase of the project. The crucial findings of the analyses can be used by advocacy, gender and anti-corruption NGOs, political parties, and public administration experts as additional arguments to support the increase in the number of women in decision-making positions, something we consider to be –in addition to the actual introduction of the issue– one of the major benefits of the project.
Summary of bilateral results
Special Adviser of Norwegian chapter of Transparency International, Gro Skaaren Fystro, came to Prague as a one of panellist of international gender conference held in Prague. There she presented results of TI’s policy brief on the subject of gender, equality and corruption and she also talked about the topic of linkage between gender aspects of corruption on subsequent debate with Czech experts who visited conference. Since the project is engaged with an innovative theme in the Czech Republic, the role of the Norwegian chapter of TI was important especially in terms of sharing experiences and comparing results. TI Policy brief as well as presentation of Mrs Skaaren-Fystro is available on Czech TI’s website (as well as English version of publication where the main project’s results are summarized). An international perspective has contributed to extend the knowledge about gender aspects of corruption.