Latin American Region, European Union Region · 30 July, 2020

Corruption and gender series: Samuel Rotta Castilla, director of Proética, the Peruvian section of Transparency International

Activity: Women – Corruption and Trust: The differentiated impacts on the corruption of women in Latin America, Peru (Lima, 7 and 8 November 2019).

Organised by the Secretariat of Peru’s Integrity, the judiciary and the public prosecutor’s office, in association with the EUROsociAL+ Democratic Governance policy area.

Samuel Rotta Castilla, is the director of Proética, the Peruvian section of Transparency International This organisation has been conducting national surveys on corruption since 2002. As of 2012, it has been employing an analysis variable which looks at how corruption specifically affects women. This study highlighted the direct relationship between corruption and human trafficking, or how women’s, young women’s and girls’ bodies are often used as currency in corrupt transactions.

Country: Latin American Region, European Union Region
SDG: Gender equality, Peace, justice and strong institutions
Policy area: Democratic governance policies