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Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Sebastián Vargas

Direct democracy

After the financial crash in Argentina in 2001, citizens organised direct democracy at the local level

School health
Caroline Sölle de Hilari

Healthy children

Health education should start in primary school

Human-rights violations
Helena-Ulrike Marambio

Forcibly sterilised

Peru's victims of forced sterilisation were mostly indigenous women

Health
Patricia Galicia

The right to one’s body

Guatemalan girls and boys deserve better sexual education

Nowadays
Patricia Galicia

Eco-tourism helps community

A village in Guatemala invites eco-tourists to its river in order to boost its municipal budget

Municipal climate partnership

Renewable energy for Nicaragua

Bielefeld is supporting climate-relevant projects in its Nicaraguan twin city Estelí

Urban marginalisation

The favela reporter

Interview with Michel Silva, a blogger who writes about daily life in his favela in Rio

Amazonia
Hannah Milberg

Participatory conservation

Participatory conservation: involving local people in the management of nature reserves

Climate protection

Preparing for action

Involving indigenous peoples in REDD+ projects seems promising – in Bolivia even more so than in Ecuador

Legal pluralism
Peter Strack

An intercultural model

Bolivia’s pluralist justice system combines state and indigenous law

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
A brief history of Nepal’s tourism industry

Gender Equality

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

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
Defending the progress made

Governance

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

ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions

Sustainability

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

ODA under attack
Development policy must not ignore changing global realities
Imagine top judges in Africa or Asia ruling like the US Supreme Court
Turning point in sanctions policy
Advantages and pitfalls of sanctions