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Sustainability

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

Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why NCDs matter in the fight against poverty

Cancer, diabetes and hypertension affect masses of people in developing countries

Global governance
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Reducing waiting times

Why the WTO agreement on trade facilitation matters

International trade
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

The Trump jolt

Opportunities of international trade in the Trump era

Neglected tropical diseases
Martin Kollmann
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“Major obstacle for development”

Ending neglected tropical diseases is crucial to achieve 2030 Agenda

Humanitarian aid
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Wishes and visions

Providing adequate schooling and strengthening the global health systems are main tasks of international cooperation

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why I feel ambivalent about Kagame’s AU chairmanship

The AU should insist on democratic principles the way ECOWAS does

Contraceptives
Maxwell Suuk

Planned parenthood via mobile phone

If teenage pregnancies are to be avoided, young people need sex education and access to contraceptives

Our view
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

By force or by consensus

Why military power had better be restrained by civilian governments

Nutrition
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Big Food causes suffering

Author accuses the food industry of making the poor sick

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

We must choose between the SDGs and a world of bloodshed

Faith-based populism is an abuse of religion

Poverty Reduction

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

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Gender Equality

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

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
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Governance

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts