Development and
Cooperation

Contributors

At D+C/E+Z, we are proud of our international network of authors. It is particularly important to us to be a platform for voices from the global south. Some authors contribute on a regular basis, others don't. Here you can find information about the people behind the contributions.

Eva-Maria Verfürth

eva.verfuerth@dandc.eu

is the editor-in chief of D+C/E+Z.

All articles of Eva-Maria Verfürth

International cooperation

In a time of disruption, we still have prospects

International donors are withdrawing, and nationalism has more momentum than multilateralism. What will the consequences be? A look into the future of development financing with Achim Steiner.

Misogyny and authoritarianism

When authoritarians are on the rise, it’s bad news for women’s rights

Macarena Sáez of Human Rights Watch explains why the fight for women’s rights is also a fight for democracy – and how women around the world are uniting to move forward.

Our view

Women are leading change

Around the world, women are campaigning against inequality and the abuse of power to achieve more democracy and freedom for all. Yet many of their successes go largely unnoticed.

Women in Afghanistan

“Even that red line no longer exists”

In Afghanistan, the Taliban are systematically banishing women from the public sphere while the world looks on. Human-rights expert Selmin Çalışkan discusses creative activism and international solidarity – and how women in Afghanistan are fighting back.

On our own behalf

The future of D+C

A new look, changes to the editorial team and the D+C app – what’s next for D+C in 2025.

Constitutional referendum

Why Chile needs another constitutional assembly

For the time being, the left wing-vision for Chile has not come true

Summer Special

Resolving the Middle East conflict in a soccer stadium

“The 90 Minute War” – a movie about a soccer match to resolve the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Youth movement

Carnival for peace

Iraqi youth seeks to reunite society with an annual peace carnival

African-German Youth Initiative

“Anyone who has travelled has more to tell”

How international youth exchange can change the world

International exchange

African-German Youth Initiative launched

Germany and African Union cooperate in African-German Youth Initiative

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