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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. Canada needs 128 votes from the general assembly to earn a two-year term on the UN Security Council.

Aid policy shift may affect Canada's UN bid: former ambassadors

By Christopher Mason
GV Correspondent

OTTAWA - Will Canada's shift in foreign aid policy diminish its international clout?

The decision to prioritize South America over many parts of Africa in its allocation of development assistance may risk Canada's chances of winning a two-year term on the United Nations security council, some diplomatic experts say. [MORE]

OAS Secretary General outlines issues to be discussed in upcoming e-Conference
To set the stage for an upcoming partnership between the Organization for American States, the Canadian International Council, GV and CIGI documented the Secretary General's recent visit to Toronto to discuss the 'New Era of Hemispheric Relations.' [MORE]

Final e-Conference report available
With over 230 contributions from participants in 50 countries all around the world, the recent (May 4-8) e-Conference on reforming the security sectors of fragile states was a major success for both Governance Village and CIGI. The final report, complete with stats and lessons learned is now publicly available. [MORE]

Practical Steps to Strengthen Canadian Support for Democracy
The end result of an e-Dialogue that took place in late 2008 in partnership with the Parliamentary Centre, this document outlines the narrative that took place and will be used to influence future policy-making. [MORE]

In March 2009, Governance Village commissioned exclusive 'Gender and Governance' content to coincide with International Women's Day. The following are the features that were produced as a result.

Challenges remain for Canadian funding
10 years after funds for gender equality were ‘mainstreamed' into development programming, women's rights groups claim they still don't have the resources to bring about change. [MORE] [EN FRANÇAIS]

In Kenya, the numbers on gender don't seem to add up
Post-election violence targeting women has forced the international community to re-think its approach to gender equality in the east African nation. [MORE] [EN FRANÇAIS]

Female parliamentarians: caucusing for effectiveness
As a group of women passed through security at a federal building in Washington, DC, a security asked where the group was from. “Sudan,” one of them answered. “Where are the men?” he followed-up. One replied, “At home, fighting each other.”  [MORE] [EN FRANÇAIS]

Women and conflict in the DRC
WATERLOO - After a while, the stories start to sound the same. Another woman is savagely raped, another victim of a decade-long war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
[MORE] [EN FRANÇAIS]

Examining the elimination of gender inequality
Representatives from various human rights organizations unite in conversation on the effects of understanding identity. [MORE] [EN FRANÇAIS]

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Portraits of Instability: The 2009 Failed States Index
Interactive maps, in depth-coverage and expert analysis are the highlights of this years index, produced by Foreign Policy. [MORE]

IDRC research on YouTube
Showcases videos that show how IDRC-supported research is making a difference in people's lives around the world. [MORE]

Zimbabwe's blood diamonds
This Partnership Africa-Canada report describes the role of diamonds in the Zimbabwean economy and their place in the country's increasingly repressive governance. [MORE]

Amnesty International Report 2009
Amnesty International is calling for a New Global Deal on human rights, because of a human rights investment gap by world leaders. [MORE]

The Politics of Governance Rankings
Rapidly rising attention to the quality of governance in developing countries is driving fast growth in the use of governance indicators, for the purpose of both aid-allocation and investment decisions, and for academic analysis. [MORE]

Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance
This report describes research on the problem of corruption in humanitarian assistance, carried out in 2007 and 2008 by Transparency International (TI). Seven major international humanitarian NGOs volunteered to be part of the project and allowed researchers access to their headquarters, staff and documentation along with similar access to field programs in crisis-affected countries. [MORE]

Corruption Warning Signs: Is Your Project at Risk?
What factors conspire to cause a development project to fail? Poor project design and management of course. Also lack of client ownership. And capacity constraints. And corruption. Corruption warning signs: is your project at risk? is a toolkit recently developed by the Latin America and Caribbean unit of the World Bank that lists these pitfalls phase by phase throughout the project's life. [MORE]

Sexual Violence, Women and HIV/AIDS
This report by focuses on the plight of the women who have contracted HIV/AIDS as a result of rape during conflict in those countries. [MORE]

A Centre for International Governance Innovation Project

Closing July 3: National Campaign Officer - World Vision - Canada [MORE]

Closing July 3: Natural Resources and Good Governance Manager - International Alert - London [MORE]

Closing July 8: Coordinator of Operations, Africa Program - Parliamentary Centre - Ottawa [MORE]

Closing July 15: Governance and Rights Coordinator - International Rescue Committee - Sudan [MORE]

Closing July 27: Advocacy Officer - Isis-WICCE - Kampala, Uganda [MORE]

Closing Aug 7: Peace Building Specialist - Mercy Corps - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [MORE]

MORE JOBS

July 2: Conference: Local Responses to a Global Crisis - International Strategies for Recovery [MORE]

Aug 1 - Aug 4: Conference: Global Youth Assembly 2009 - Edmonton [MORE]

Aug 5: Conference: Global Model UN Conference - Geneva [MORE]

MORE EVENTS

Global Integrity Report
The Global Integrity Report is a tool for understanding governance and anti-corruption mechanisms at the national level. Written by local researchers and journalists, the Report is characterized by an innovative, award-winning research methodology. [MORE]

Freedom in the World 2009
On January 12, Freedom House released its annual survey of global political rights and civil liberties. According to its findings, 2008 marked the third consecutive year in which global freedom suffered a decline.[MORE]