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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Latin America and the Caribbean

Buen Vivir
Philipp Altmann

The good life

The indigenous development concept of Buen Vivir aims to ensure material, social and spiritual satisfaction for all

Depression
Thuany Rodrigues

Confronting the disease

Depression afflicts 12 million Brazilians, proportionately more than anywhere else in Latin America

Schools
Thuany Rodrigues

Failing grades

Education in Brazil suffers from low funding and insufficient appreciation for teachers

Distance learning
Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

Failing grades

Chile’s teachers give low grades for the early results of online classes for schoolchildren

Social psychology
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Collective trauma

Every crisis leaves deep scars in the memory of the affected society

Propaganda
Jorge Soares

Nothing is true

Why populists depend on systematical disinformation

Populist governance
Jorge Soares

Lying about Brazil’s forests

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro falsely says deforestation is not a problem

Journalism
Gildaneliz Barrientos

Working in fear

Journalists exposing crime and corruption in Guatemala work in an atmosphere of fear and impunity

Marginalisation
Gildaneliz Barrientos

Small wellspring of hope

A non-profit organisation tries to bring hope into the lives of underprivileged children in Guatemala

Water crisis
Katie Cashman

Parched and privatised

Chile faces serious water shortages due to the climate crisis

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Poverty Reduction

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

Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat
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

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.

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