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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.

Recycling
Ruediger Kuehr

“22 kilogrammes per person and year“

Why e-waste must be properly recycled

Recycling
Ruediger Kuehr

Why statistics are not enough

Brief history of the StEP initiative

Human security
Okello Ciro

“Do not close the camps”

Residents of Dadaab and Kakuma are in despair because of Kenyan government’s decision to close camps

Press freedom
Ingy Salama

Media under assault

The new Press Freedom Index shows Egypt’s downslide on media issues

Urban rubbish
Jochen Moninger
Raphael Thurn-Valsassina

The cleanest city in Sierra Leone

Bo's city council is setting new standards for waste disposal

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Rousseff deserved a full term in office

Brazil’s institutions look unbalanced

Waste management
Roshan Sharma

Living amidst filth

Waste management has not kept up with Kathmandu’s fast growth

Waste management
Roshan Sharma

Part of a system

Landfills are only one component of waste management

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

For democracy, curiosity matters more than obedience

Resisting authoritarian leaders

Recycling
Oliver Möllenstädt

A system for collecting waste

How a local initiative is encouraging waste pickers in Mumbai to contribute to up-to-date plastics recycling

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