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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.

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

Summer special
Lebogang Mokoena
Linda Engel

"You need to find your feet in a new community"

Lebogang Mokoena, a 25-year-old journalist from South Africa, has been volunteering in Berlin in a nursery school based on Waldorf/Steiner education

Coaching

Supporting the drive for improvement

Technical cooperation needs to be more directly targeted to support processes of change

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

G20 summit did too much damage

World leaders should keep talking, but meet at the UN

Human and animal health
Cornelia Heine

The animals die first

Water and sanitation are crucial for human and animal health

Employment
Afshan Subohi

Pakistan needs jobs

Reasons to doubt the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will massively boost employment in Pakistan

Agenda 2030
Martin Noltze
Sven Harten

New need for knowledge

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) are the key to the success of global sustainability policies

Surrogate motherhood
Anika König

Anonymity is problematic

Surrogate mothers have no rights if surrogacy is illegal

Poverty Reduction

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

Fundamental human right under attack
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

Gender Equality

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

The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president

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