1st #Keyword of 2022! “The #Swahili word for #transparency is #uwazi… it’s possible that uwazi didn’t originally mean ‘transparency’ in the sense of knowing what a govt (or other org) is doing. But that’s also true of the English word ‘transparency'"...
https://t.co/9FocEFmS5T
A tremendous interview with @kalponaakter, garments workers' rights activist extraordinaire. Among the things she said that will always stay with me - that fighting for workers' rights is a permanent struggle, "you cannot stop". @bcws1#Bangladesh@cleanclothes@Judy_Gearhart
ICYMI! “The #Swahili word for #transparency is #uwazi… it’s possible that uwazi didn’t originally mean ‘transparency’ in the sense of knowing what a govt/org is doing. But that’s also true of the English word ‘transparency'".
https://t.co/9FocEFDV7T
#AccountabilityKeyword
New Labor Link podcast alert! Kalpona Akter is a former child worker. She founded and directs @bcws1 in #Bangladesh. @kalponaakter shares her story and what keeps her fighting for apparel workers’ rights.
#PayYourWorker#SigntheAccord
https://t.co/6EtmrlhLtX
New post explores accountability vocabularies, phrases & idioms from many languages in #Ghana. @paakarim brings #AccountabilityKeywords out of traditional settings to advance #transparency and #accountability.
https://t.co/U0iHFgrEv3
West African colleagues, can you relate?
#AccountabilityKeyword#Peru: Act of ‘#CitizenMonitoring,’ assimilated rapidly by leaders with the #Quechua phrase ‘Riinchis Autoridad kunata tapumuychis, allinta qhaway’ (‘Go, observe attentively and ask questions’). Thanks @ArielFrisancho & Luz Estrada! https://t.co/BMChoHx76j
#AccountabilityKeyword de #Peru. La acción de #VigilanciaCiudadana fue asumida rápidamente por las líderes. ‘Riinchis Autoridad kunata tapumuychis, allinta qhaway’ (‘vayan, observen atentamente y pregunten’). Gracias por esto @ArielFrisancho & Luz Estrada.
https://t.co/pL2t0rKpsm
Where are you in Africa & how do you talk about accountability!?
ICYMI, this #AccountabilityKeyword post from @paakarim scratches the surface of how terms in 80+ languages spoken across #Ghana have been used in #accountability discourse over time.
https://t.co/U0iHFgrEv3
ARC launching #LaborLinkPodcast – a series of interviews with the brave individuals organizing the workers who make our stuff! Read more about our Corporate #Accountability & Workers Rights and find the first podcast with #Thailand's Sawit Kaewwan
https://t.co/6EtmrlzmSx
ICYMI – This essay by Gutu Olana Wayessa provides a cursory glance into these questions: What is the Gadaa System? Why is it significant today? How does the institution promote accountability?
https://t.co/2HdH7TLkdb
#Ethiopia#AccountabilityKeyword