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Gender Equality

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

Jörg Döbereiner
Jörg Döbereiner

Reimagining African folktales

In a series of short films, six young directors reinterpret traditional stories and link them to current socio-political issues such as domestic violence, forced marriage and the role of women. This is the second item in this year's culture special with review...

Blog
Monika Hellstern

Gender implications of Covid-19

Covid-19 hits women harder, warns OECD

Marginalisation
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Living on the land – but not owning it

Zimbabwe’s women face resistance to exercising their rights to own land

Peacebuilding
Anggia Anggraini Burchill

Tribal conflicts threaten women

Women in Papua New Guinea are hard-hit by tribal wars

Education
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Charcoal paying for education

A poor female charcoal-vendor in Uganda managed to send her children to university

Media
Lindsey Kukunda

Discussing how to put women down best

Some Ugandan officials excuse men who practice domestic violence

Gender
Ibrahim Orèd'Ola Falola

Empowering women for economic growth

Women in Togo fight for equal economic opportunities

Empowerment
Theresa Krinninger

Assertive girls

Boxing empowers women and promotes social change

Women’s empowerment
Khadija Farhana

Money for women’s businesses

Special grants help poor women in Bangladesh’s urban areas

Politics
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

“Say no to salt”

In Uganda, women pave their way into politics

Gender
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Robbing widows of their land

In Uganda, women work in agriculture, but few own the land they till

Poverty Reduction

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

Sri Lanka has made important steps towards debt restructuring
Cultivating easier crops
Development is thwarted where corruption corrodes the common good
Tourism boom in Baltistan
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges

Gender Equality

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

Reimagining African folktales
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

Governance

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

Sri Lanka has made important steps towards debt restructuring
Young people yearning for a peaceful Africa
Development is thwarted where corruption corrodes the common good
Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people

Sustainability

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

Sri Lanka has made important steps towards debt restructuring
Young people yearning for a peaceful Africa
Development is thwarted where corruption corrodes the common good
Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people