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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”.

Sustainability
Imme Scholz

“Skip out-dated technologies”

Several issues are slowing down the global transition to renewable energies

Education
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

The difficulties of becoming an artist

Many African artists find it difficult to get vocational training

Interview
Muhsin Hendricks

“One cannot shed one’s sexual identity”

South African Imam says Islam does not oppose different sexual orientations

Print edition

Contents October issue

D+C/E+Z: Contents page of October’s print edition with links to all contributions

Migration
Lea Ferno

Away from home

Migration always existed and will always do – even living elsewhere, people stay connected to their homes

Epidemics
Fidelis Adele

Extraordinary measures in extraordinary times

With the Ebola epidemic spreading rapidly, Sierra Leone took drastic measures

Arab spring
Bochra Hamida Belhadj

“Demonised, insulted and threatened”

I hope that Tunisia will choose well this time

Elders’ authority
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Everyday life is surprisingly peaceful

Military intervention cannot solve Libya’s current political problems

News

In brief

ADB: Engagement in China / Proposed List for SDGs / New Government for Afghanistan

Ebola epidemic
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Greatest peacetime challenge”

Ebola likely to be „greatest peacetime challenge“ that the UN has ever faced

Poverty Reduction

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

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
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Gender Equality

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

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful

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