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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”.

International donors
Raphael Mweninguwe

Health sector in coma

Donors bypass the Malawi government in support of health sector

Post-war reconstruction
Fidelis Adele

“Ten exercise books for 50 pupils”

Why Sierra Leone did not achieve the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary-school enrolment

West Africa
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Starting anew

Burkina Faso returns to democracy in presidential election

Charity School
Frank Masanta Jr.
Kenneth Muller

Education for all children

How a social entrepreneur is trying to improve the situation of disadvantaged school children in Lusaka

Township
Frank Masanta Jr.

Ng’ombe’s desperate health situation

The township Ng’ombe´s clinic lacks space, staff and up-to-date equipment

Gender relations
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Young Arab men fight for women’s rights

Women in particular suffer violence in armed conflicts

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Declaring Gambia an Islamic Republic is irresponsible

President Jammeh is grandstanding

Press freedom
Moutaz Ali

News agency for Libya

In the middle of armed conflict, Libya has a new independent news agency

Relevant reading
Romina Ranke

New transnational networks

NGOs are increasingly using the internet for international networking

Migration
Peter Strack

Fight human trafficking

NGOs call for better coordination of state and non-state efforts to stop human trafficking

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

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
Mexico’s first female president

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