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Education
Sundus Saleemi
Sundus Saleemi

Digital literacy would help Pakistan’s female population

Why most Pakistani women are denied digital opportunities

Women’s rights
Sundus Saleemi
Sundus Saleemi

How illiteracy perpetuates oppression of Pakistani women

Half of Pakistan’s women cannot read or write in any language

Human rights
Ridwanul Hoque
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Refugee suffering in Bay of Bengal and Mediterranean

Following EU example, Bangladesh is banning refugees to a remote island

School quality
Abishek Thapa

Nepal’s deep educational divides

Rural and state-run schools in Nepal must catch up with urban and private ones

Schools
Mukta Martens

Eight-week module on plastic waste for school curricula

The kNOw PLASTICS programme makes students understand waste problems and change their lifestyle accordingly

Global environment
Mukta Martens

Waste less to avoid being inundated by plastic

An Indian NGO is raising awareness of why plastic waste is threatening our future

Migration
Roli Mahajan

India’s diaspora is influential, though few members vote

Non-resident Indians (NRIs) have a bearing on the nation’s politics, society and culture

Health hazards
Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

In Pakistan, toxins put the poor particularly at risk

Pakistan’s laws to control chemical pollution are hardly enforced

Environmental protection
Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

Cleaner air for Punjab

The regional government of Pakistan’s most populous province is taking steps to reduce air pollution

Urban lives

My family succeeded in leaving dismal informal housing

Childhood in a Mumbai slum

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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.

Faith identities in Sri Lankan politics
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

Sustainability

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

Faith identities in Sri Lankan politics
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