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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”.

Global Monitoring Report
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Education for all not achieved

UN evaluates achievements and shortcomings of Education for All initiative

European Union
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Sealing Europe off is no solution

Unless the EU respects human rights in the refugee crisis, its international credibility will be further eroded

Garments production
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Decent conditions and fair wages

Myanmar set to become next low-cost, exploitative and unstable garments production country

Social media
Isaac Sagala

Keeping a check on politicians

Kenyans use social media to check governance

Internally displaced persons
Damilola Oyedele

Refugees in their own country

Because of Boko Haram’s terror attacks, millions of Nigerians are on the run

Education
Patricia Galicia

"Poverty exacerbates exclusion in education"

Guatemala: Why the expansion of private primary schools is harming society

Trauma therapy
Salah Ahmad
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“It is possible to build a peaceful society”

The Jiyan Foundation helps refugees and victims of violence in Kurdish northern Iraq

ISIS
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Water as a weapon

ISIS is using water resources for military purposes

Burundi
Gesine Ames

A pan-regional crisis

Regional and international governments must put pressure on President Nkurunziza to solve Burundi’s troubles

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

USA should evaluate all government spending, not just ODA

Aid reform in the USA looks half-hearted

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