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PWYP members’ experiences of closing civic space
Consultation report for 2019 To understand members’ experiences more fully and identify their challenges and needs around civic freedoms, the PWYP Secretariat carried out in-depth profiling of the situation in two countries: Niger and the Republic of the Congo. We then carried out an online survey to find out more about members’ experiences facing increasingly […]
Civic space: Strategic Framework 2020-2022
Civic space: a ground-breaking road map for addressing threats to civic space in the extractive sector PWYP’s Strategic Framework on civic space for 2020-2022 provides a road map for addressing threats to civic space in the extractive sector, in particular those faced by PWYP members. Natural resource activists campaigning against the harmful impact of extraction, […]
Rebels with a cause – a lesson in courage
In 2019, Publish What You Pay (PWYP) recognised the need to develop a long-term strategic approach on civic space, to support the work of our 700 members. Many of them work in increasingly difficult conditions and face growing threats in response to their commitment to transparency and justice in the extractive industries. In 2020, the […]
Senegal: Ndeye Marie Diedhiou – The “female warlord” of resources in Casamance
Impact Story Senegal is increasingly positioning itself as a country with rich natural resources, in light of the significant deposits already being mined – phosphates, gold, zircon and iron – or quarried, alongside recent discoveries of oil and gas. As a result, the government is aiming to make the sector one of the pillars of […]
Guinea: Two women inspiring others with their commitment to the governance of natural resources
Impact story: Hadja Aicha Barry and Sayon Bérété – Two women inspiring others with their commitment to the governance of natural resources Like most African nations, Guinea is a country marked by gender inequalities. Life in society is heavily dominated by men, while women generally have less room for manoeuvre in terms of decision-making, both […]
Burkina Faso: How including women’s experiences has changed a traditional, male-dominated mining sector
Impact story Burkina Faso’s political and legal framework is conducive to women’s full participation in socio-economic development. The national “Gender” policy, adopted in 2009, is the main point of reference for promoting equal opportunities for men and women. This policy formed the basis for a guide to mainstreaming gender issues in sectoral policies: in practice, […]
PWYP members’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
As the world continues to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, PWYP members are responding and adapting to this unprecedented situation in several ways. In many PWYP member countries, we face collapsing oil prices, the need to rethink how we carry out our change agenda, and civic space being under increased pressure. On this page […]
From Vision to Practice: the role of civil society in advancing the implementation of the Africa Mining Vision
Lessons learned from Publish What You Pay Established in 2002, the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) movement is widespread across Africa, with nearly 30 active national coalitions working on natural resource governance. The African continent is known for its abundant natural resources, but also for its shortcomings in relation to governance and transparency in managing […]
Niger – PWYP’s Africa Steering Committee strongly condemns the arrest and charges brought against Ali Idrissa amid unrelenting crackdown on civil society
The Africa Steering Committee of Publish What You Pay strongly condemns the arrest and charges brought up against Ali Idrissa* on 14 April as well as the continued detention of six activists arrested a month ago in connection with a corruption scandal involving high-level public officials at Niger’s Ministry of Defense. A recent audit relating to […]
Bringing Beneficial Owners out of Hiding
PWYP Zimbabwe is pressing for the country’s new register of beneficial ownership to be publicly accessible, so people can use it to fight corruption There was joy in Zimbabwe in early 2020 when we followed many other countries worldwide in establishing our first beneficial ownership register. These registers enable people to see who really owns […]
Niger – Civil society organisations call on authorities to end harassment of human rights defenders
Several civil society organisations* have expressed concern over the arrest of at least 15 Nigerien civil society members, and the detention and prosecution of seven of them. These events are taking place in the context of an increasingly deteriorating climate for civil society in Niger where several serious violations of fundamental freedoms have been recorded […]
International Women’s Day 2020 – The inspiring women in our global movement
There is overwhelming evidence that socially, environmentally and economically, women are disproportionately affected by mining, gas and oil projects. And while men reap more of the benefits from them, women endure more of their negative impacts. To mark International Women’s Day, eight inspirational women from our global movement share insights about their lives on the […]