The concert was part of the national chapter’s efforts to create and strengthen a gender-sensitive anti-corruption movement by linking the anti-corruption and the women's rights movements.

Well-known and upcoming bands and solo performers entertained the audience throughout the day highlighting solidarity with the cause and encouraged the young audience to say NO to corruption. Performing artists include Farida Parvin, Syed Abdul Hadi, Kangalini Sufia, Azam Khan, Fahmida Nabi, Shahed, Mehrin, Kafil and Krishnakoli, as well as the bands Souls, Renaissance, Maksud O Dhaka, Dalchhut, Aurthohin, Black and Yatri.

The concert was organised in collaboration with the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) in Bangladesh and held at the Gulshan Youth Club ground in Dhaka. The national chapter also produced a special tv message on the occasion of Women’s Day, available on the their website here. Huguette Labelle, Chair of TI, addressed the audience with a message read out during the event.

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, TI also published an In Focus highlighting its recently re-edited Working Paper on Gender and Corruption and gives an overview of how TI addresses gender issues in its work.