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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”.

Comment
Ridwanul Hoque

Clashing ideologies

Bangladesh’s crisis of civil liberties and human rights

Summer special
Eva-Maria Verfürth

Leaving Iran and returning again

Summer special 1: Persepolis – A story of childhood, exile and return

Extremism
Emmanuel Kisiangani

What makes the Al-Shabaab strong

Characteristics of Al-Shabaab, eastern Africa’s most dangerous Islamist outfit

Participation
Tomás Parker Cerda

Marginalised margins

Money and political power in Chile are concentrated in the capital

Social cohesion

Inclusive future

Why the rights of persons with disabilities belong on the Sustainable-Development-Goals agenda

Faith-based regime
Maysam Behravesh

“Shias support underdogs”

How the regime in Tehran ticks

Medical services
Karim Okanla

Science-based clinic or witch doctor?

Benin's public health services are good, but too weak

Refugees
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

Lebanon needs help

Refugees from Syria are a welcome addition to the workforce in Lebanon, but a burden for the infrastructure

Civil Peace Service
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

Overcoming prejudices

Lebanese residents and Syrian refugees in eastern Lebanon work on solving their conflicts

International cooperation
Ellen Thalman

Exporting the Energiewende

Germany wants other countries to follow its progressive energy policy – and could do more in their support

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