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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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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. ...

Human rights
Waqqas Mir

State authorities fail citizens

Pakistan violates rights of internally displaced people

African academics
Isabella Bauer

Looking for happiness abroad

Three Ugandans report on their experiences of living and working in Europe

Garments production
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Decent conditions and fair wages

Myanmar set to become next low-cost, exploitative and unstable garments production country

Employment
Hans-Christoph Neidlein

Digitalisation revolutionises work

Human Development Report 2015 calls for equitable and decent work for all

Labour rights
Niaz Asadullah
Zaki Wahhaj

Minimum wage attracts girls to factories

Higher wages in Bangladesh’s garments sector mean better income but push girls into work as child seamstresses

Environmental damages
Alie Yunus Kallay

Rainstorm and floods

In Sierra Leone, deforestation is causing more and worse floods

Charity School
Frank Masanta Jr.
Kenneth Muller

Education for all children

How a social entrepreneur is trying to improve the situation of disadvantaged school children in Lusaka

Township
Frank Masanta Jr.

Ng’ombe’s desperate health situation

The township Ng’ombe´s clinic lacks space, staff and up-to-date equipment

Migration
Peter Strack

Fight human trafficking

NGOs call for better coordination of state and non-state efforts to stop human trafficking

Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“Ebola free” does not mean Ebola is gone for good

New infections remain possible

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.

When new medications lose their efficacy immediately
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
In Pakistan, authoritarian attitudes are a colonial legacy
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly
History did not end

Sustainability

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

When new medications lose their efficacy immediately
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
In Pakistan, authoritarian attitudes are a colonial legacy
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly
History did not end