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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Sustainability

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

Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation

In West Bengal, the green revolution made high-yielding rice cultivation attractive. Four decades later, the associated environmental problems have increased – and the climate crisis is further compounding them.

Education and contraception
Renate Bähr

Self-determined life for women

Societal norms and lack of equality stand in the way of modern family planning and contraception

USA
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

When ideology trumps evidence

How foreign-policy debate is changing in the USA

Saudi Arabia
Nassir Djafari

How much reform can the kingdom take?

King Salman of Saudi Arabia announced a comprehensive reform programme, whether it will go smoothly is doubtful

Editorial
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Unfinished business

There needs to be societal change to prevent unwanted pregnancies and promote female equality

Summer special
Natalia Bezhanishvili
Linda Engel

Return full of experiences and motivation

Natalia Bezhanishvili (20) from Georgia works as a volunteer for Grüne Liga Berlin

Summer special
Godwin Drofenu

Taking the best from each culture

Godwin Drofenu from Togo is 22 years old and is working in a residential community for mentally handicapped people in Schwäbisch Gmünd

Health care
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Investing in the world’s poorest children

According to UNICEF, supporting the world’s poorest children is twice as effective as supporting those who are less poor

Summer special
Valerie Viban
Linda Engel

“I can share so much information about Africa”

26 years old Valerie Viban from Cameroon is doing his volunteer service at the Partnership with Africa Foundation in Potsdam

Maternal mortality
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

More efforts needed

Hundreds of thousands of women are still dying during pregnancy or childbirth

Summer special
Subhadra Kaul

Working and understanding integration in Cologne

Subhadra Kaul from India is 24 years old and has been volunteering in a refugee shelter in Cologne

Poverty Reduction

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

Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation
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Lessons of failure
The problems with Glyphosate
Why pesticides are more a curse than a blessing

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.

Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data

Sustainability

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

Supporting local vaccine production in Africa
Don’t stop, do better
Risking collapse
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Drawing the right conclusions from data