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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.

Land grabbing
Michael Windfuhr

Growing demand for land

Why land grabs have become a hot topic

Economy
Alie Yunus Kallay

Billion-dollar damages

Illegal fishing by foreign vessels damages the West African fishing industry

Land grabbing
Michael Windfuhr

Shared responsibility

How to prevent land grabs

In brief
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

News of the week

Relevant news – 25 April to 1 May

Private sector
Friedrich Kaufmann
Winfried Borowczak

Coherent business promotion

GIZ and German chamber of commerce cooperate closely in Maputo

Editorial
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Equal rights for all

Discrimination is a global phenomenon – but some places are worse than others

Conservation
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Tourism protects

Mountain gorillas are the only great apes whose numbers are growing

Relevant reading
Nina Eschke

Protecting and promoting minorities

Relevant reading: how to protect minorities

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 18 April to 24 April

Disability and inclusion
Lara Reiser
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“Blind people have little hope of finding a job”

As a weltwärts volunteer, the blind Lara Reiser is currently working at a school for blind and visually impaired children in Cameroon

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”