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Governance

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

Alba Nakuwa

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets

In recent weeks, massive protests have erupted in Kenya’s major cities triggered by discontent over the finance bill 2024. The people on the streets are almost exclusively young people, forming a kind of political movement the country has never seen before. Pr...

Our view
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“There is no health without mental health”

Almost everywhere in the world, mental illness is a taboo subject

Universities
Manuel Parra

International network

LMU’s Center for International Health cooperates with universities around the world

Mental distress
Manuel Parra

Workplace violence

Students of an international Masters course are doing research on mental- health risks at the workplace

Young offenders
Emmalyn Liwag Kotte

Tougher law

A Filipino reform to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility is set to further victimise marginalised youth

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Envy and hate”

It is scary that 40 % of Indian voters chose an agenda of blatantly aggressive identity politics

Development policy
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Too little and too unambitious

Welthungerhilfe and terre des hommes are calling for more money for official development assistance and more ambitious policies

Low-fee schools
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Unsatisfying low-cost schools

In 2016, Global Campaign for Education dispelled myths concerning low-fee for-profit schools

Digital technology
Cema Tork

Choosing the right approach

Germany’s Protestant development agencies weigh pros and cons of digital technology

Jihadists
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Why women join the “holy war”

Islamism experts explain why more and more women are joining radical Islamist groups

Primary schools
Samwar S. Fallah

Public is waiting for government report

Authorities shy away from discussing results of Liberian private-public partnership in primary education

Poverty Reduction

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

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
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

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.

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“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

Sustainability

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

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“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