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Sustainability
Multilateral affairs
Antonio Tujan Jr.

Unequal partners

INGOs are northern-based agencies claiming to speak for marginalised people in the global south

Human Rights
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

“For us, there is only death”

Indigenous environment activists are at risk all over the world

International NGOs
Charlotte Dany
Andrea Schneiker

Experts, advocates and activists

International NGOs play various roles in global politics; their scope for influence varies as do their legitimacy problems

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 5 September to 11 September

Repression of NGOs
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

New Indian authoritarianism

Despite their benefit for Indian society, the government restricts the space of international NGOs

Deforestation
Raphael Mweninguwe

Trees to charcoal

Cutting trees in Malawi forest reserves will lead to a serious water shortage

Development policy
Jürgen Zattler

Combatting inequality

Major inequalities in society are a potential cause of social conflict and economic under-performance

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 28 August to 4 September

Development policy and Islam
Nabiela Farouq
Ulrich Nitschke

Shared objectives

State development actors increasingly look for cooperation with Islamic institutions

Theology
Nabiela Farouq
Ulrich Nitschke

Islamic values

Islam preaches social equality and respect for creation

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Poverty Reduction

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

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

The literary power of Black women writers
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Governance

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”