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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”.

Fake news
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

No lie is too blatant

Fake reports on Filipino Facebook pages

Child labour
Nawar Almir Ali

Stolen childhood

Because of the civil war and poverty, Syrian children must do adults’ work

Right-wing authoritarianism
Alan C. Robles
Alan C. Robles

Powerful falsehoods

How Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, depends on online trolls

SDGs
Drake Jamali

New development finance

New financing methods may help to achieve development goals

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why it would make sense to pardon Lula

Brazil's former president has surrendered to the police

Corruption
Raphael Mweninguwe

Stealing money from sick people

Malawi’s health sector is crumbling, possibly due to corruption

Internet
Drake Jamali

Digital childhood

According to UNICEF, children today are digital natives, and the internet is their second home

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

How to stem the tide of disinformation

The recommendations of the EU’s High-Level Expert Group on fake news

Financing of terrorism
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Dangerous cash flow

How so-called Sharia states influence the west through business and finance the export of their radical ideologies

Civil war
Parach Mach

Children of war as breadwinners

In South Sudan, many orphaned children have to care for their younger siblings

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