Poverty Reduction

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

An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating

In Kolkata and elsewhere, the ecological problems are already huge. The climate crisis is exacerbating poverty and inequality.

Teenager

What sex education is really about

Pakistan shows why comprehensive sex education would improve young people’s lives

Social inequality

Care-giving and household chores keep women poor

Social inequality is hampering efforts to overcome poverty – women and girls are particularly affected

Study

Comforted by talking to God

World Vision study: Faith helps children to cope better with trauma of flight

Pandemic

Fear, anxiety and panic

Though Zambia is ill-prepared to contain Covid-19, the government has responded fast

Coronavirus

Global responsibility

Coronavirus: health systems must serve all people, regardless of their income

Economic policy

Interrelated challenges

African policymakers must consider several cross-cutting trends

Covid-19

African responses

Sub-Saharan health-care systems tend to be weak, so preventive action is needed in view of Covid-19

Pandemic

Scientific mind-set versus covidiots

Religious obscurantism is making it harder to prevent Covid-19

Human rights

Humanity or barbarism

EU refugee policy raises doubts that the EU takes human rights as seriously as it preaches to others

Covid-19

Global action urgently needed

An incomplete selection of important statements concerning global response to Covid-19