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Can big data be used for evaluation? A UN Women feasibility study (UN Women, 2018)

The objective of the study was to investigate the feasibility of leveraging big data sources—particularly Twitter, Facebook, and radio data—to improve the evaluation of gender equality and women’s empowerment initiatives. In particular, this study seeks to understand the role of big data to evaluate the contribution of UN Women to women’s political participation and leadership (WPP).

Taking Mexico and Pakistan as two case studies, which present different challenges to access of big data sources and distinct barriers to WPP, processes of accessing, analysing, and triangulating big data sources were documented with traditional data as a feasible means to provide more credible and robust insights about the effectiveness of UN Women interventions.

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Solutions brief: entertainment-education to address child marriage (Girls Not Brides, 2017)

Mass media has long been recognised as a way to prompt large-scale behaviour change. But can it change the norms and beliefs which perpetuate child marriage?

This brief takes a look at what entertainment-education is and its potential for addressing a complex social issue such as child marriage. It also contains a list of useful resources on the issue.

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Contested and Under Pressure: A Snapshot of the Enabling Environment of Civil Society in 22 Countries (CIVICUS 2017)

Between 2013 and 2016, civil society in 22 countries carried out an Enabling Environment National Assessment (EENA). The EENA is a civil society-led process that analyses the extent to which national conditions enable the work of civil society.
The EENA analysis explores in particular how laws and regulations relating to civil society are implemented in practice, and how they impact on civil society. The assessments, led by national civil society partners, employed a common methodology that encompassed interviews with key stakeholders, consultations, focus groups and desk research. In every country, six core dimensions were assessed: the ability of civil society groups to form, operate and access resources -all aspects of the freedom of association – plus the freedoms of peaceful assembly
and expression, and relations between civil society and governments.
Overall the EENA assessments reveal a picture of an environment for civil society that is volatile, contested and often under pressure, but also with some optimism in some contexts about the potential for progress.

Transparencia y Anti-Corrupción: Introducción al estudio de la corrupción desde una perspectiva de ética pública y de derecho internacional – Udemy curso en línea corta

Este curso busca introducir a los alumnos al estudio de la lucha contra la corrupción y por la transparencia, desde una perspectiva de ética pública ciudadana y de derecho internacional, incluyendo el estudio de la situación en algunos países de Latinoamérica.

Este curso también está disponible en inglés, árabe y chino, búscalo como Transparency and Anti-Corruption, الشفافية ومكافحة الفساد o 透明和反腐 respectivamente.

El curso se compone de seis unidades. En la primera se entregan algunas nociones conceptuales básicas, con énfasis en la idea de ciudadanía. En la segunda unidad se tratan las normas de ética pública y de derecho internacional que rigen la lucha contra la corrupción y por la transparencia. En la tercera unidad se relaciona la corrupción con algunas áreas específicas, tales como su estudio académico, su presencia en algunas industrias y en la actividad política.

La cuarta unidad presenta algunas organizaciones internacionales y chilenas creadas para la lucha contra la corrupción desde el Estado y la sociedad civil. La quinta unidad trata las principales medidas de prevención, control y sanción de la corrupción. Por último, en la sexta unidad se estudia la situación de corrupción en algunos países de América latina, incluyendo Argentina, Brasil, México, Perú y Venezuela.

El curso consta de 32 clases, cada una de unos 10 minutos, además de un quiz o examen luego de cada clase para reforzar contenidos. Estimamos que para realizar el curso completo (ver todas las clases y responder todos los quizzes) se le debe dedicar aproximadamente 7 horas en total. El curso está hablado en español, con subtítulos, transcripciones, cuestionarios y material adicional en español. No hay límite de tiempo para completarlo.

  • No hay requisitos para seguir el curso, sólo basta con una conexión a Internet. Las transcripciones de las clases y el material adicional están en formato PDF

Transparency and Anti-Corruption: Introduction to the study of corruption from a public ethics and legal perspective – Udemy short online course

This course aims to introduce students to the study of the fight against corruption and for transparency, from a citizen public ethics perspective as well as from a legal standpoint, including the study of the situation in some countries of Latin America.

This course is also available in Spanish, Arabic and Chinese, search for Transparencia y Anti-Corrupción, الشفافية ومكافحة الفساد or 透明和反腐 respectively.

The course comprises six units. In the first one some basic notions are reviewed, emphasizing the idea of citizenship. In the second unit we will study the norms of public ethics and of international law governing the fight against corruption and for transparency. In the third unit corruption will be related to some specific fields, such as its academic study, its presence in some industries and in the political activity.

The fourth unit depicts some international and Chilean organizations created to fight corruption from the State and civil society. The fifth unit deals with the main preventive, control and punitive measures against corruption. Finally, in the sixth unit the situation of some Latin American countries will be reviewed, including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.

What are the requirements?

    • There are no requirements, you only need an Internet conection. The transcripts and extra material files are in PDF format.

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