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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.

Reproductive health
Rabson Kondowe

Making sanitary pads

In rural Malawi, non-governmental activists teach teenage girls to make sanitary pads

Illicit labour
Sally Atkinson-Sheppard

Criminal girls

Criminal gangs have similar gender dynamics in Bangladesh and China

Health
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Homosexuality is not a disease

The World Health Organization considers homosexuality as normal behaviour

Homophobia
Grace Badza

“I have no place in society”

Homophobia in Zimbabwe hurts the mental health of LGBTI people

Inheritance law
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Widows fight for their rights

In Zimbabwe, widows are legally entitled to their late husband’s assets, but in-laws often contest the inheritance

Blog
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Keeping women down

Violence against women is used to keep them out of public life

South Africa
Henning Melber

ANC gets away with minor dents

The ANC remains the strongest party in the parliamentary elections in South Africa, but must now deliver results

European migration policy
Nassir Djafari

Risks and side-effects

The EU should not cooperate with shady governments on migration policy – it should support civil-society projects instead

Blog
Cema Tork

Ending the taboo

Award-winning Netflix documentary helps to break the stigma around menstruation

Menstrual health
Isaac Sagala

Sanitary products still too expensive

Kenya has scrapped the tax on menstrual products, but they are still too expensive for rural women

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