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D + C

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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”.

Ecosystems
Lea Dünow
Christian Pirzer
Anja Schelchen

Protecting the environment

How people in Brazil can contribute to preventing natural catastrophes by protecting the environment

Nowadays

Regulating traditions

Kilasa Mtambalike: Traditional healers are popular in Tanzania, but supposed to register before practicing

Health care
Dinesh C. Sharma

Human guinea pigs

Medical trials in India need strict regulation and supervision

Crimes against humanity
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

At least and at last

Justice after 40 years: leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime in Camodia have been sentenced for crimes against humanity

Disability
Abebe Yehualawork

The case of Amdework Yitayal

Children with disabilities in Ethiopia must be lucky to get adequate support from non-governmental organisations

Education
Abebe Yehualawork

Good intentions are not enough

In Ethiopia, to be disabled equals being poor

Print edition

Contents August/September issue

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

Media
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Ambivalent trends

The questions of who controls and who monitors information on the internet are becoming ever more urgent

Minorities
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Stateless and without rights

Many ethnic minorities in Thailand are stateless and thereby without rights

Pamoja Dance Group
Isabella Bauer

A sad tale about elephants

Nairobi’s Pamoja Dance Group stages an environmental and social drama to raise awareness of elephant poaching

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