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Governance

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

Shakira Wafula
Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Kenya’s youth have been taking to the streets against the government for weeks. Sports student Shakira Wafula almost involuntarily became a face of the movement. In this interview, she talks about what is driving young Kenyans.

Summer Special
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Timbuktu – a story of heroes and myths

How Timbuktu’s ancient manuscripts were rescued from Islamist destruction adds to the myths shrouding the desert city

Gender-based violence
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Killed for being female

Femicides are frequent in Mexico, but civil-society organisations fight against this

Gender relations
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Unequal opportunities

Though the law forbids discrimination in Mexico, the road to gender equity remains long

Internet
Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu

Clicktivism

Ghanaian feminists are using social media to change public discourse

Summer Special
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

“I belong here!”

Identity is a controversially debated topic, as can be seen in a recently published book in Germany

Rule of law
Maxwell Suuk

Reports of torture

In Ghana, juvenile offenders are kept in prisons for adults which is against the law

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why offshore financiers stoke nationalist sentiments

The rise of right-wing populism is closely linked to the growth of offshore finance

Summer Special
Theresa Krinninger

Lost childhood

Filmmaker Talal Derki ruthlessly shows how children in war-torn Syria are brought up to become jihadists

Socialisation
Britta Wiemers
Henry Cervantes

Preventing violence

Gender roles need to change to stop violence

Children’s rights
Ika Ningtyas

Marriage Act must be changed

Many girls in Indonesia are married as teenagers

Poverty Reduction

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

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018

Gender Equality

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

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
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Governance

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

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities

Sustainability

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

“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities