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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”.

Rule of law
Martina Sabra

Legal challenges

Promising, but incomplete: Tunisia’s legal provisions for achieving democracy and reconciliation

Psychosocial support
Esther Mujawayo

“You are not crazy, your situation was”

Dealing with trauma is essential for peacebuilding in post-conflict countries

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Irresponsible power politics

The dangerous underlying message of Scotland’s independence referendum

Burundi
Gesine Ames
Jean-Marie Vianney ­Kavumbagu

The acid test

Burundi’s fragile peace in the balance ahead of the 2015 elections

Public participation
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Listen to civil society

CIVICUS complains that some intergovernmental organisations are not serious about involving civil-society organisations in policy-making

Peacebuilding
Anne Niyuhire

Great achievement

In Burundi, women’s organisations want to see enforced a constitutional quota for female leaders at all levels of government

Gender
Anthea Bethge

“There should be enough food”

Why women in particular are still exposed to risks in post-conflict situations

Ebola epidemic
Joanne Liu

“Run into the burning building”

Doctors without Borders: Ebola epidemic in west Africa requires international action

Civil-society organisation
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières

Depending on livestock

The mission of Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany

Microfinance
Abdirahim S. Gure

Women’s economic empowerment

Why women’s small-scale businesses make a huge difference in war-torn Somalia

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
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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