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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...

Sahel zone
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“Securitisation does not create security”

Civil society wants help beyond military missions

Nexus
Fabian Böckler

Points to keep in mind

How the Nexus approach can be successfully implemented in the Lake Chad Basin

Lake Chad region
Fabian Böckler

Nexus makes sense

In the Lake Chad Basin crisis, humanitarian aid alone will not do – development support and peace promotion are needed too

Social inclusion
Roli Mahajan

The parents’ burden

In India, a growing number of economically disadvantaged parents are sending their children to private schools

Blog
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Trump is in trouble and increasingly erratic

Telling Pompeo they want peace with Iran was the minimum European leaders had to do

University system
Mariano Laplane

Efforts towards inclusion

The impact of public and private education on social inequality in Brazil

Private education
Sivali Ranawana
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Fierce competition”

Sri Lankan evaluator explains why private education has recently been spreading fast in South Asia

Disadvantaged communities
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Low-cost private schools

Taking advantage of unemployed educators and university graduates

Inequality
Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Dissatisfaction with “free” public education

In Kenya, even poor parents send their kids to private schools

Education
Cema Tork

Overrated model

Recent admissions scandal reveals inequalities and corruption in US American 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