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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Isaac Sagala

Why Kenya is on fire

For weeks, Kenya has been experiencing a wave of protests led by young people, triggered by an unpopular finance bill. No one can really say they didn’t see this coming. What is unfolding in Kenya is a lesson in what happens when the debt crisis escalates not ...

Millennium Development Goals
Aigul Azimova
Nazgul Abazbekova

Saving women’s lives

Tough labour conditions for Central Asia’s female health workers

Women’s rights
Larisa Brown

Double-edged reform

Extending maternity leave in Kenya was a double-edged reform

Central and North America
Ana Silvia Monzón Monterroso

In search of opportunities

Many women from Guatemala hope they’ll find a better future abroad

Discrimination of women
Viola Raheb

Wasted talent

Palestinian women are well educated, but do not find good jobs

Gender
Shireen Lateef

“Broaden women’s  choices”

Asian women deserve broader choices

Renewable Energy
Joseph Miller

African wind farms

Decentralised wind farms for Africa

Good governance
Berthold M. Kuhn
Berthold M. Kuhn

Tricky benchmarking

The challenge of assessing measures designed to promote better governance

Crime
Joseph Miller

Borderless illegality

Global crime is a global challenge

Comment
Eva-Maria Verfürth

Left prevails

Peru’s new president has a chance to unite not only his nation, but even its world region

Workers’ rights
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A victory for household helpers

ILO passes convention to protect household helpers

Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery
Why tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka peaked in 2018
Mexico’s first female president
Prioritise international solidarity over national interests

Gender Equality

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

Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts
ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court