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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”.

Abortion
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Public disclosure

Salvadoran celebrity’s personal story ignites debate over decriminalisation of abortion

Women’s health
Ipsita Sapra

Avoidable surgical interventions

India has too many unsafe abortions – and too many Caesarean sections

Women’s rights
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

International pressure for reform

El Salvador parliament debates change to the abortion law

Infrastructure
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Plenty of rain, but no water

Despite heavy rains, there is not enough water for Zimbabwe’s citizens

Surrogate motherhood
Anika König

Anonymity is problematic

Surrogate mothers have no rights if surrogacy is illegal

International financial institutions
Korinna Horta

Concern for the most vulnerable

New World Bank Framework puts poor people at risk of displacement and marginalisation, ignoring lessons of the past

Urban development
Sun Narin

Once there was a lake

Land conflicts in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh

Registration matters
Sun Narin

Land titles help to prevent conflict

Why land disputes have become a serious and persistent issue in Cambodia

Eminent scholar
Korinna Horta

Marked by displacement

Michael Cernea – a leading public intellectual from the World Bank

IDPs
Paul Kawegah

Growing fears in Kinamba

Nine years after the post-election violence, Kenyan IDPs are still living in provisional settings

Poverty Reduction

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
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”

Gender Equality

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

What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

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