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Latin America and the Caribbean

Equal rights
Roli Mahajan

Marrying the person you love

Ecuador has legalised same-sex marriage

Gender-based violence
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Killed for being female

Femicides are frequent in Mexico, but civil-society organisations fight against this

Gender relations
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Unequal opportunities

Though the law forbids discrimination in Mexico, the road to gender equity remains long

Socialisation
Britta Wiemers
Henry Cervantes

Preventing violence

Gender roles need to change to stop violence

Universities
Manuel Parra

International network

LMU’s Center for International Health cooperates with universities around the world

Mental distress
Manuel Parra

Workplace violence

Students of an international Masters course are doing research on mental- health risks at the workplace

University system
Mariano Laplane

Efforts towards inclusion

The impact of public and private education on social inequality in Brazil

Children’s rights
Manfred Liebel

Bolivia bows to international pressure

Bolivia abandons pioneering legal reform for working children

Security
Rita Trautmann
Dennis Muñoz

Climate of fear and violence

Honduras is among the most dangerous countries that are not currently at war

Honduras
Rita Trautmann
Dennis Muñoz

Hoping for a better future

Poverty, crime and poor governance are causing people to flee in droves from Honduras

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Poverty Reduction

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

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa

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
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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.

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa

Sustainability

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

Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa