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Online forum
Rukamanee Maharjan

#DalitLivesMatterNepal

Campaigning online for Dalit rights

Caste-based discrimination
Rukamanee Maharjan

Nepal must do much more to protect most vulnerable community

Despite legal protections, Nepal’s Dalits suffer serious discrimination

Islamism
Rishikesh Thapa

Islamist ideology has softened a bit in Afghanistan

German expert’s insights into how the Taliban have changed

Health care
Benjamin M. Kagina
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Africans are learning lessons from other world regions

An expert from Cape Town assesses the state of African vaccination campaigns in view of coronavirus

Mass suffering
Roli Mahajan

India’s disastrous second Covid-19 wave

Coronavirus is ravaging India’s cities and rural areas

Minorities
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

The pros and cons of the Ol-chiki script

Why a special alphabet for a minority’s language is controversial in India

Minorities
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

An Indian Adivasi community is divided by scripts

Santal development is hindered by too many options to write in Santali

Afghanistan
Nawid Paigham

Afghans feel left alone in view of US withdrawal

President Biden’s exit from Afghanistan is likely to be followed by escalating civil war

Climate impacts
Saleemul Huq
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

To prevent death and destruction, accept climate science

Bangladeshi climate expert spells out expectations for next global summit on global warming

Education
Sundus Saleemi
Sundus Saleemi

Digital literacy would help Pakistan’s female population

Why most Pakistani women are denied digital opportunities

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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