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Development and cooperation

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Poverty Reduction

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

Ravi Khetarpal
Roli Mahajan

The Global NARS Consortium’s revolutionary approach to food security

To date, agricultural research has been mostly geared to issues relevant to high-income nations. Developing countries’ national agricultural research systems (NARS) deserve much more influence – and a new consortium is being established to serve that purpose. ...

Migration
Maxwell Suuk

Dangerous journeys

Due to unemployment, many young Ghanaians want to migrate

Human rights
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Social protection for all

Law professor Kaltenborn explains the legal context of social protection

SEF Conference
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Strengthening African safety nets

Experts suggest improvements for social security systems in Africa

Humanitarian discourse
Sid Johann Peruvemba

Why the nexus is dangerous

Expert warns against coupling humanitarian aid with other development goals

Our point of view
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

More respect

In high risk situations, humanitarian agencies must decide for themselves what goals to strive for and what means to use

Civil war
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

Limited access to Syrian people in crisis situations

In Syria, aid organisations can't reach many of those in need

United Nations
Mark Lowcock
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reduce vulnerability and build resilience

The better countries develop, the better they are able to cope with short-term calamities

Earthquake
Manish Dashottar

Ray of hope

First hand humanitarian aid experience after Nepal’s earthquake

Disaster relief
Mathew Abraham
Ramu Karra

Faith-based network

Brief introduction to CHAI – the Catholic Health Association of India

Disaster relief
Mathew Abraham
Ramu Karra

Support for local communities

According to CHAI, people affected by disaster should be seen as agents of change and not mere victims

Poverty Reduction

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

The Global NARS Consortium’s revolutionary approach to food security
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

Gender Equality

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

Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
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

Governance

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

Why many East Germans think they are only second-class citizens
Tuberculosis in Mozambique
When new medications lose their efficacy immediately
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
In Pakistan, authoritarian attitudes are a colonial legacy

Sustainability

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

Why many East Germans think they are only second-class citizens
Tuberculosis in Mozambique
When new medications lose their efficacy immediately
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
In Pakistan, authoritarian attitudes are a colonial legacy