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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”.

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Private donors must not be allowed to distort public policy

The rise of big philanthropy is a symptom of ever-increasing inequality

Health care
Ibrahim Orèd'Ola Falola

Pay or die

In Togo, whether a person gets health care or not depends on personal wealth

Safe drinking water
Raphael Mweninguwe

Funding matters

Malawi still has a long way to go to achieve universal access to safe drinking water

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Good versus evil” rhetoric does not help in MENA region

Saudi Arabia is a bizarre place to spread the message of non-sectarian tolerance

Peacebuilding
Friedrich Kaufmann
Winfried Borowczak

Mozambique’s “mini-war”

Ceasefire fuels hopes of peace

Disease control
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

No water, no hygiene

Trachoma is a blinding disease that thrives under conditions of poor sanitation and hygiene

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Trump’s FBI scandal has international repercussions

Media pundit Fareed Zakaria sees US democracy in danger – and things are probably even worse than he says

Water and sanitation
Ibrahim Awol
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“Every farmer must have an improved latrine”

Access to safe water is crucial for disease control

Cultural heritage
Danielle Rotholi
Aida Azarnoush

Revealing cultural diversity

A film project wants to show Brazil’s cultural diversity

Irrigation
Moutaz Ali

Freshwater from the desert

Libya has the world’s largest irrigation project

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