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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.

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 20 June to 26 June

Paramedics
Genene Regassa
Esmael Tessema
Nicoletta Buono
Cornelia Heine

From the community,  for the community

Why community-based animal-health workers are indispensable, not only in Ethiopia

Paramedics
Genene Regassa
Esmael Tessema
Nicoletta Buono
Cornelia Heine

Innovative voucher scheme

Enabling poor herders to pay community-based animal-health workers in Ethiopia

Editorial
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Less is more

Meat must be produced in an animal- and environment-friendly way

Development finance
Ulrich Post

Not much momentum for change

The Financing for Development summit in Addis must result in binding commitments to achieve sustainable development

European Report on Development
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Linking finance to policies

Ahead of Addis summit, the European Report on Development focuses on finance for development

Nomadic pastoralism
Djeralar Miankeol

Herds destroy harvests

In Chad, crop farmers and livestock herders are competing for water and land. A solution to the conflict is nowhere in sight

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 13 June to 19 June

Nomadic pastoralism
Günter Schönegg

A complementary relationship turns competitive

Conflicts between crop farmers and migratory herders contribute to destabilisation in Sahel region

G7 summit
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Climate wins

The G7 commit to tackle climate change and to support sustainable development

Poverty Reduction

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

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

The literary power of Black women writers
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Governance

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”