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OGP in the News – February 2017

A series providing a round-up of media attention received by the Open Government Partnership throughout the world.What do France, Ghana, and Pakistan have in common? Their news outlets all covered OGP in February along with a number of other countries…

Semana Global de Cocreación: Apertura a la cocreación

Want to read this in English? Este mes, 30 países miembros de OGP deberán iniciar el desarrollo de sus planes de acción. Gobiernos, organizaciones de la sociedad civil y ciudadanos trabajarán en conjunto para desarrollar compromisos de ambición que, a través de…

Designing for open governance

Last year, the Open Government Partnership asked vizzuality - a design and technology company - to help them learn more about who was using their website and if those people (possibly you!) were getting what they wanted from it. If…

Open Government for Cities in Brazil

Brazil was one of OGP’s founding countries and, since 2011, has been enacting national laws to enforce transparency and public participation as relevant parts of public administration. The access to information law and the public participation law, for instance, were…

How is Open Government related to Violence Against Women in Brazil?

Violence against women is a global phenomenon that affects the lives of countless women each year. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 1 in 3 (35%) women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or…

Faces of Open Government – Svitlana Zalishchuk, MP, Ukrainian Parliament

How did you get involved in open government - what is your personal story about why you joined the movement? I first learned about the Open Government Partnership from my friends at the Omidyar Network. I really liked the idea…

#OpenGender Monologues – A tool for more dialogues

This post originally appeared on Medium.How many times have you heard of a female colleague complain about sexism in the open government and civic tech space? Chances are if you’re a man, this is the first you hear of it,…

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