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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.

Inclusion
Rainer Brockhaus

Accessibility is not an expensive luxury

The needs of people with disabilities should be considered in infrastructure development from the very beginning

Peacebuilding
Philipp Hedemann

Fragile hope

Why the Central African Republic’s recently elected new president deserves international support

Civil war
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Fleeing the peace

Even after peace is formally declared, people keep fleeing from strife-torn countries

Health
Ali Shaaban Juma

Cholera spreading in Zanzibar

Health officials are trying to stop a cholera outbreak on the island of Zanzibar

Bizarre kind of sex tourism
Nilanjana Ray

Short-term relationship

In the Indian city of Hyderabad, “sheikh marriages” are never meant to last

Harmful tradition
Nilanjana Ray

“Amount given to the groom”

The dowry tradition is a curse on South Asian women

Child marriage
Angelina Henrich
Moses Ntenga

Result of poverty

The fate of a Ugandan girl being married at the age of 15

Child marriage
Angelina Henrich
Moses Ntenga

Political will

Uganda´s government tries to reduce the high rates of child marriages

United Nations
Priya Behrens-Shah

Mere exchange or real change?

World Humanitarian Summit was a good start, much more needs to happen

Muslim society
Edith Koesoemawiria

Act of bravery

Financial problems are the main reason for divorce in Indonesia

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