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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.

Michael Moyo

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa

In the 90s, South Africa became an epicenter of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. HIV is mostly a sexually transmitted disease. Intravenous drug users are at risk too, however, and so are people who need blood transfusions. HIV/AIDS initially spread fast among the...

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

Minor International
Chayut Setboonsarng
Cod Satrusayang

The man who brought pizza to Thailand

The Thai-based food and hotel company Minor International is one of the largest companies in the Asia-Pacific region

Indian multinational
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

Global leadership

Tata group excels in car making, steel production, IT services and other things

Global leader
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

The ethical route to bottom-line excellence

India’s Tata group introduced some labour norms before the so-called advanced world did

Garments production
Hans-Joachim Fuchtel

German experience matters

Germany supports tripartite cooperation in Bangladesh’s garment industries

Poverty Reduction

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

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating
Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

Gender Equality

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

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

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy

Sustainability

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

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy