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Anticorruption in the Health Sector: Strategies for Transparency and Accountability

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Corruption is a serious problem for both rich and poor countries, threatening international development and eroding confidence in governments. In the health sector, corruption is literally a matter of life and death: facilities crumble when repair funds are embezzled; fake drugs flood the market with corrupt regulators managing supply, and doctors extorting under-the-table payments from patients fail to provide needed care. Most major development organizations have rewritten their more...

Added by Kumarian Press on March 19, 2010

Dalian to host inaugural FutureGov Summit China

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FutureGov magazine and the Dalian Municipal Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the organisation of the first ever FutureGov Summit China, to be held on the 1-2 September 2010..

Added by Diana Jumaat on March 19, 2010

MIT reveals leading edutech projects

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a dedicated team which drives the innovative use of technology in teaching and learning. Speaking exclusively to FutureGov, Vijay Kumar, who heads the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT), revealed the impact of its leading IT projects for 2010..

Added by Diana Jumaat on March 19, 2010

Women's Rights are Human Rights UN theme is Equal rights, equal opportunities: progress for all.

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africaaction.org -

"Women’s right to health must be enforced through access to treatment and prevention programs that allow them to persevere in their pivotal roles, and live long, productive, and fulfilling lives. As long as women continue to suffer sexual violence, whether in a situation of armed conflict or at the hands of their husbands and partners, their physical and mental health will be increasingly at risk."

Added by Zunia on March 18, 2010

Africa Policy Outlook 2010

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"The year 2010 will be critical for U.S. policy toward Africa, from Sudan to Somalia and the Congo to Zimbabwe. President Barack Obama should use the fast-closing window of opportunity to begin a new era in U.S.-Africa relations characterized by a people-centered development strategy and respect for human rights, the environment, peace and justice."

Added by Zunia on March 18, 2010

The Future of NATO

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cfr.org -

In this Council Special Report, James M. Goldgeier takes on the question of how NATO, having successfully kept the peace in Europe in the twentieth century, can adapt to the challenges of the twenty-first. Goldgeier contends that NATO retains value for the United States and Europe. He writes, though, that it must expand its vision of collective defense in order to remain relevant and effective. This means recognizing the full range of threats that confront NATO members today and affirming that more...

Added by Zunia on March 18, 2010

'Afghanistan: Where Things Stand' Data Presented at CSIS

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d3systems.com -

VIENNA, Virginia, March 16, 2010- The results of the January ABC New broadcast series “Afghanistan: Where Things Stand” were presented at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on March 12th by Gary Langer, Polling Director for ABC News. The broadcast draws substantially on public opinion data gathered in Afghanistan by ACSOR-Surveys, a D3 Systems subsidiary. Langer presented in-depth results of the network’s fifth national public opinion poll in Afghanistan, conducted Dec. more...

Added by Nelson Gunter on March 17, 2010

Mediation Ten Years On: Challenges and Opportunities for Peacemaking

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humansecuritygateway.com -

For much of the past ten years, the international climate was not favourable to diplomacy on the grand scale. It also complicated the practice of mediation, even as mediation activity has increased. The United States led serious diplomatic efforts in attempts to settle conflicts in Sudan and North Korea, and provided direct support to a variety of other processes, but a prioritising force in the most prominent of the United States’ international engagements, beginning but not ending in Iraq, more...

Added by Zunia on March 17, 2010

Occupied Palestinian Territory: Why Violence Against Women is Widespread

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irinnews.org -

Nahla, aged 30, from Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, said she was physically and mentally abused for more than 10 years by her husband before being granted a divorce three months ago. Fear and cultural factors prevented her from seeking help from women’s organizations. “I never tried to go to the police to complain about my husband's criminal acts, because he threatened to kill me if I did,” Nahla told IRIN. “And I never went to complain to any women’s rights organizations because I didn’t more...

Added by Zunia on March 17, 2010

India’s govt performance guru delivers key speech

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It is nine months since the Government of India announced a plan to overhaul the way it measures how well its departments are serving the public. The man behind that plan is Dr Prajapati Trivedi, a former economist at the World Bank and now the Indian government’s Chief Performance Officer, who will reveal how India is living up to its performance pledge in a speech at the FutureGov Forum India in New Delhi next month (April 7-8th 2010)..

Added by Diana Jumaat on March 17, 2010

Australian Uni takes bold steps into cloud

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futuregov.net -

Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia is deploying a private cloud which will be operational by mid this year. CIO Peter Nikoletatos told FutureGov of the challenges he faces and the rewards he expects from migrating into the cloud..

Added by Diana Jumaat on March 17, 2010

Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2009

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The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database now contains information on all international transfers of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the end of 2009. It is the only publicly available resource providing consistent data on international arms transfers for this length of time. This Fact Sheet describes the trends that are revealed by the new data.The volume of international transfers of major conventional weapons for the period 2005–2009 is 22 per cent higher than for the period 2000–2004. Combat more...

Added by Zunia on March 17, 2010

2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

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The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress in compliance with sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA), as amended, and section 504 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.This 2009 annual report covers internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 194 countries.

Added by Zunia on March 17, 2010

Social Profile and Human Rights of Domestic Workers in Cairo

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migrationdrc.org -

The aim of the survey is to gather demographic details and inquire about their work circumstances and human rights issues arising.

Added by Zunia on March 16, 2010

Human Rights in China: Trends and Policy Implications

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humansecuritygateway.com -

This report analyzes China’s mixed record on human rights – major human rights issues, PRC human rights legislation, and the development of civil society, legal awareness, and social and political activism. This report discusses major areas of interest but does not provide an exhaustive account of all human rights abuses or related incidents. Fear of social unrest appears to be a large factor behind the PRC government’s resistance toward major political reform. The PRC government has attempted more...

Added by Zunia on March 16, 2010

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