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Environmentalists rally against a nuclear plant in Kudankulam in 2012.

Comment

Life-blood of democracy

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by Dinesh C. Sharma
Agricultural training in Uganda: Smallholder farmers need more support, especially women.

Fight against hunger

NGO demands stronger G7 commitment

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by Katja Dombrowski
Lots of informal self-employment: market in Lusaka.

Labour

Job quality matters

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by Gibson Masumbu
by Martin Ostermeier

In brief

News of the week

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Brown algae, which are harvested in the fjords of Iceland, serve as a raw ­material for alternative fibres that may someday ­replace cotton.

Fibre raw materials

Alternatives to cotton

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by Marina Chahboune
At Fashion Company Sahel in Tunisia, the denim fabric from the weaving factories is cut and sewn into jeans. The factory has been audited on behalf of Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) since ­December 2013.

Organic jeans

Slow fashion

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by Monique Voorneman
by Eva-Maria Verfürth

In brief

News of the week

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Gerd Müller on a visit to a Chinese textile factory.

Decent work

Quality criteria

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by Gerd Müller
The Rana Plaza disaster made international headlines.

AWAJ Foundation

New kind of labour movement

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by Marianne Scholte
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