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Svenja Schulze

Svenja Schulze

BMZ

is Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development.

Picture credit: BPA/Steffen Kugler

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Creating value
Svenja Schulze
Svenja Schulze

Women, climate and chocolate

To eradicate hunger globally, more value must be created locally.

Development policy
Svenja Schulze
Svenja Schulze

Germany’s development policy serves all people

German international-development efforts benefit not only partner countries, but people living in Germany as well

KfW
Svenja Schulze
Svenja Schulze
Michael Ruffert

“Expansion of renewables offers enormous employment potential”

Development Minister Svenja Schulze on the need to ensure a socially just transition for a sustainable energy transformation

German development policy
Svenja Schulze
Svenja Schulze

What really helps women worldwide – sanitary pads, visas and loans

Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development explains how feminist development policy contributes to making societies more equitable, resilient and stable

Fighting poverty
Svenja Schulze
Svenja Schulze

Social protection improves food security

Why social safety nets are key to fighting hunger and poverty in the global south

Sustainable development
Svenja Schulze
Svenja Schulze

The future of the planet is on the line

Sustainable development includes progess for people, climate protection and biodiversity, insists German minister

German Policymaking
Svenja Schulze
Svenja Schulze
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Towards an equitable world

Svenja Schulze, Germany’s new federal minister for economic cooperation and development, has told D+C/E+Z what her priorities are

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Poverty Reduction

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

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An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating
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Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy

Gender Equality

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
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Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

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

HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
Voodoo allows a holistic view of the cosmos
Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges

Sustainability

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

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NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy
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Brazil’s colonial legacies and current challenges