write an essay on role of "women in building corruption free india"
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Corruption affects everyone, but women in developing countries often suffer the most. All too often, women experience extortion and corruption at the hands of low-level public officials when it comes to the provision of public services. In many societies women do not enjoy the same rights and privileges as men, reducing their ability to counter the extortion that they often confront on a daily basis.
Unfortunately, too few grassroots anti-corruption interventions substantively take gender into account throughout their planning, implementation and evaluation. PTF recognizes these shortcomings and works to incorporate greater gender sensitivity into the projects it supports. We’re also learning from past experiences to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on gender and corruption. With this in mind, we’re heralding International Women’s Day 2014 by focusing on the role of women in two PTF-supported projects in Cameroon and India.
“Strengthening the Internal Mechanisms of the University of Buea (UB) for Tracking and Curbing Corruption,” implemented by the International Governance Institute Focal Integrity Team for Cameroon (IGI-FITCAM), aimed to do just what its title suggests – train University officials on ways to curb corruption and reduce waste of scarce resources. The formal training program was combined with an awareness raising campaign to the general public about corrupt practices in higher education, so as to challenge the prevalent “mindset of powerlessness.”