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Governance

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

Rehan Fernando

“Dialogue of life”

Michael Rodrigo was a Catholic priest who campaigned for religious dialogue in Sri Lanka. He called his efforts the “dialogue of life”.

Summer Special
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Black revolutionary artist

The African-American Jean-Michel Basquiat rose from graffiti sprayer to artist of international fame

Summer Special
Eva-Maria Verfürth

Resolving the Middle East conflict in a soccer stadium

“The 90 Minute War” – a movie about a soccer match to resolve the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Political violence
Carlos Albuquerque

Murdered hope

Civil-society activists are increasingly at risk in Brazil

ODA
Linda Engel

Evaluation 2.0

Digitalisation and changing conditions will determine how development projects are evaluated in the future

Crime
Humphrey Nkonde

Human trafficking

In Zambia’s rural areas, poor girls are often promised jobs in the city, and then sold by human traffickers

Press freedom
Franziska Wekenborg

Local media and violent strife

For dangerous work, war reporters deserve to be prepared – and paid – well

Expert discussion
Franziska Wekenborg

Laying the basis for lasting peace

UN has shifted peacebuilding focus from international to local level

Emergency relief
Okello Ciro

“One of the greatest tragedies of our time”

Years of civil war have left South Sudan’s citizens with hunger and displacement

Transforming transportation
Klaus Gihr
Friederike Bauer

Combining digitalisation and mobility

A transportation transformation is necessary and possible in Africa, but it will look different than in industrialised countries

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The important ways in which AMLO differs from Trump

To what extent is Mexico’s next leader a “populist”?

Poverty Reduction

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

Fundamental human right under attack
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

Gender Equality

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

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

Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
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

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
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