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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.

Thomas Rachel

thomas.rachel@bundestag.de

is the CDU/CSU parliamentary group’s spokesman on ecclesiastical and religious policy in the German Bundestag. He is also a member of the Bundestag Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development, federal chair of the Evangelical Working Group of the CDU/CSU (EAK) and a member of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany.

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Development policy
Thomas Rachel

Religion needs to be a part of the solution

Secularisation is a growing trend in parts of Europe and North America. But it would be a mistake to think this means religion is becoming less relevant for German development cooperation

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There are very few educational opportunities for refugees in Lebanon
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Promoting pluralistic discourse
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Mexico’s first female president
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Why BRICS+ may prove weaker than expected
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court has been defanged
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Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
When qualifications don’t decide your career
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Tangible action needed in Pakistan
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Kathrin Berensmann
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Boro Baski
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Hildegard Lingnau
From GFAR to GFAiR
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How South Africa negotiated its new government
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Alphonce Shiundu
There are many ways you can be scammed on the web in Africa
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The internet is crucial
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Achim Steiner
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Suparna Banerjee
Modi won, but no longer looks invincible
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Giving voice to the voiceless
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Pressure on wildlife in Uganda

Poverty Reduction

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

Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi
Cold war inside the G20 Common Framework

Gender Equality

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

A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition
Why you might find our newsletter useful
A story is always part of the currents of its time
Sex for fish: the exploitation of female fish traders in Malawi
Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Governance

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

Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
How opium became a pillar of the British Empire
The forgotten Arab slave trade
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has been defanged

Sustainability

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

Lessons to be learnt from Nepal’s recent excessive rains
How opium became a pillar of the British Empire
The forgotten Arab slave trade
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has been defanged