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Sustainability

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

Stella Tushabe

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda

Marie Rosine Ntabomvura, a mother of three, in Kigali, defies gender stereotypes that prescribe roles and abilities based on gender. When she turns the wheel of the humongous 60-seater town-bound bus, nothing about her skill suggests that she is intimidated by...

International affairs
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Perceptions of “the west”

How Europeans consider their countries differs from what people in developing countries think

United Nations
Mark Lowcock
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reduce vulnerability and build resilience

The better countries develop, the better they are able to cope with short-term calamities

Aid
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why ODA makes sense even though it sometimes fails

In defence of aid

Medico partners
Hendrik Slusarenka

Transformative emergency aid in Kenya and Nepal

Medico partners in Kenya and Nepal

Transformative emergency aid
Hendrik Slusarenka

Aid in itself is not enough

Transformative emergency aid takes into account long-term social justice

International cooperation
Leon Valentin Schettler

Building trust

Projects that follow the model of community organising need time, but not a lot of money

International cooperation
Leon Valentin Schettler

The dark side of aid

The time is ripe to reform development cooperation with Haiti

Health and safety
Philip Aruna
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“I am passionate about humanitarian work”

Interventions in crisis regions involve several personal risks for the helpers

Disasters
Glenn Brigaldino

Resilience makes sense

Local-level action can help communities at risk to cope with disasters

Rural development
Drake Jamali

Harnessing off-grid power

Off-grid solutions serve to plug gaps in electric power supply

Poverty Reduction

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

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Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing
More financial support for college students

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Breaking gender stereotypes: female bus driver in Rwanda
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The hard lot of old people
Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance

Sustainability

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

Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data
The desert alliance