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Governance

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

Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

Waithood – endless adolescence

The future belongs to young people. They must be empowered to assume responsibility. Far too often, however, they lack prospects. It is encouraging that, all over the world, many want to take their fate into their own hands.

Urban traffic
Olamide Udoma-Ejorh

Making traffic flow again

De-congesting the Lagos agglomeration

Megacity
Olamide Udoma-Ejorh

Better governance, better urban life

Why the reputation of Lagos is improving

weltwärts volunteers
Carlos Collio
Miriam Keller

“I never dreamed it would get this good”

Leader of school for children with disabilities in Chile discusses his work with German weltwärts volunteer

Comment
Marc Niyonkuru

Disintegrating state

Tensions are growing and violence is increasing within Burundi’s security forces

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Neglect of duty in developing countries

According to WTO rules, patents must not block poor countries’ pharma access

Special economic zones
Jong Woo Kang

“Improve people’s lives”

Special economic zones should serve the purpose of smart urbanisations, says ADB economist

Civil society
Luther Dennis Nii Antieyie Addy

Educating on sexual health issues for 49 years

The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) has been educating on sexual health issues for more than 49 years

Beauty
Damilola Oyedele

Embracing blackness

Many African women stop using relaxers on their hair

Sex education
Luther Dennis Nii Antieyie Addy

“More than family planning”

In Ghana, young volunteers from Accra are trained to educate village youths on sexual and reproductive health issues

weltwärts volunteers
Ribhu Vohra
Chandrah Nusselein
Darius Meissner
Kaya Schloessler

WasteLess teaches children to waste less

Leaders of environmental NGO from India discuss their work with German weltwärts volunteers

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.

Waithood – endless adolescence
“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

Sustainability

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

Waithood – endless adolescence
“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