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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”.

Relevant reading
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Analogue limits of digital growth

Two recent publications - including one from the World Bank - explain why digitalisation, in itself, does not bring about human development

Citizenship
Fernanda Lobato
Julia Jaroschewski

“People are not afraid to talk online”

In Mozambique, digital technology serves the freedom of speech

Law
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Everyday violence against the poor

How everyday violence locks poor people into poverty and what needs to be done about it

Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Awareness and action

How girls and women suffer from rebel violence in DR Congo

Extremist threats
Tawfik Jelassi

Tunisia deserves attention and support

Tunisia’s young democracy deserves support in its struggle against extremism and poverty

Teenage pregnancies
Humphrey Nkonde

Schoolgirl mothers

In Zambia, too many schoolgirls get pregnant

Human rights
Ridwanul Hoque

“A situation of bonded labour”

Many Bangladeshi migrants are exploited abroad

Editorial
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Take along everyone

Digitalisation brings the world closer together

Development agencies
Julia Manske

Learning from other countries

International experience of digitalising the way development agencies work

Marginalisation
Aida Azarnoush

Dolls feeding street children

Home-made dolls help Iranian youngsters to escape poverty

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