About the Speaker
Ketakandriana
Rafitoson
Executive director, Transparency International Madagascar
Ketakandriana Rafitoson is a Malagasy human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist. She is the executive director of Transparency International Madagascar. She is the co-founder of civic movements Liberty 32 and Wake Up Madagascar and the founder of the LIANA (Learning Initiative Aiming at Nonviolent Actions) project which teaches civil resistance techniques to Malagasy people. She has endured threats and judicial and online harassment for speaking out against the scourge of corruption on the island, including the opaque financing of 2018 presidential candidates, and for calling for transparency in the lucrative Malagasy lychee trade.