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South Asia

Economic meltdown
Felix Kugele

Enable Afghans to rebuild rudimentary economy

The USA and its allies still bear some responsibility for the fate of Afghanistan

Farming
Roli Mahajan

Indians are beginning to pay more attention to healthy diets

Why millets should prove useful in the fight against malnutrition in South Asia

Flooding
Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

Pakistan is paying price for neglect of climate adaptation

Not having contributed much to climate change, Pakistanis suffer impacts

Sustainable development
Manzur Kadir Ahmed
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Bengali doctor says pandemic proved validity of SDG agenda

Covid-19 caused hardship in Bangladesh, but proved less devastating than initially feared

Poverty
Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul

School closures in pandemic showed multidimensional poverty

UNICEF reckons that one third of the world’s schoolchildren did not get formal lessons because of Covid-19

Personal experiences
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange
Marva Khan
Marva Khan

Covid-19 impacts worldwide

D+C/E+Z contributors from very different countries share their personal experiences on the Corona pandemic

Personal experiences
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina
Bimbola Oyesola
Bimbola Oyesola
Rukamanee Maharjan

Covid-19 impacts worldwide

D+C/E+Z contributors from very different countries share their personal experiences on the Corona pandemic

Informal sector
Marva Khan
Marva Khan

Undocumented job is best opportunity many Pakistanis get

In Pakistan, the informal sector accounts for 75 % to the workforce and one third of GDP

Social inclusion
Sharlin Akther

Children with disabilities deserve to be encouraged

In Bangladesh persons with disabilities tend to be excluded from mainstream society

Disaster relief and reconstruction
Rukamanee Maharjan

Trauma lingers on seven years after Gorkha earthquake

Nepal’s 2015 earthquake was an example of how natural disasters often deepen pre-existing social divides

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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