IMPACT OF CORRUPTION ON WOMEN

While the concept of women inherently possessing a higher level of civic integrity is debatable, studies suggest that women in positions of power can help reduce corruption
Several studies in social and behavioral sciences have found that women behave differently than men in many walks of life.
The corruptibility of women
Motivated by findings that women are more altruistic and pro-social, researchers have also investigated the association between gender and corruption. Corruption (bribe-taking), it can be argued is essentially the opposite of altruism – it amounts to asking an individual for money to help them, and strictly reduces the well-being of the person paying the bribe. Extrapolating from the above mentioned studies, one could hypothesize that women are less corrupt and less likely to be involved in bribery.





The first set of studies investigated this hypothesis by determining if corruption was lower in countries where there was a higher share of women in the labor force, parliament and government. The idea is that if women are less corrupt, then we should observe a negative association between women’s presence in these jobs and corruption.
  • Women's experience of corruption is concentrated in the realm of public-sector delivery. Poor women often interface with public agencies to get basic services for their families, and 39% of women reported having to pay a bribe to receive them.
  • Women said the service area or agency they perceived as most corrupt was their local police (20%). Coming in second, local governments were labeled most corrupt by 11% of women. UNDP said this likely means anti-corruption initiatives being implemented in some regions on the federal level are not trickling down to communities.
  • Bribery was the activity women most associated with the term "corruption," with 63% of women reporting they have been asked to pay a bribe, typically to gain access to public goods and services (39%).
- See more at: http://www.fcpablog.com/blog/2014/5/5/the-impact-of-corruption-on-women-strategies-for-change.html#sthash.be4ZtJbX.dpuf

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