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Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Mexico’s first female president

The result of Mexico’s presidential election was historical for several reasons. It was the first time the winner was a woman, a non-Catholic and someone with scientific expertise unlike her predecessors who had degrees either in law or economics.

Traditions
Raphael Mweninguwe

Poverty and cultural norms push youngsters to get married

Local leaders in Malawi launched a campaign to end child marriages

Labour rights
Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

Dangerous cotton harvest

Mostly women pick cotton in Pakistan – they are poorly paid and exposed to health risks

Nowadays
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Training tailors, cooks or service staff

Catholic nuns try to help young women in Zambia to escape poverty

Bangladesh
Nazma Akter
Marianne Scholte

The price garment workers paid for Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Labour activist Nazma Akter assesses developments in Bangladesh’s textiles factories

Gender relations
Marva Khan
Marva Khan

A brief history of rape law in Pakistan

Why Victorian norms still permeate South Asian laws

Rule of law
Marva Khan
Marva Khan

Improving rape victims’ access to the courts

Pakistan ends shameful practice of virginity testing in prosecution of sexualised violence

Hintegrund
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola

Be fruitful and multiply

In Nigeria childless couples face ostracism – and women suffer in particular Webheadline: Infertility is a human -rights issue

Gender equality
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Successes and setbacks in women's equality

Despite the pandemic, UNICEF never lost sight of its commitment to gender equality

Disability
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Empowering women and changing minds

Civil-society organisations are calling for the empowerment of disabled women who have experienced violence

Disempowerment
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

Where women work and men decide

According to a Burundian saying, he who lacks a good woman lacks wealth

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests
A brief history of Nepal’s tourism industry

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything
Defending the progress made

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery