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Empowerment
Connie Nagiah
Margaret Mapondera

Women take on environmentally destructive ‘development’ projects

The African civil-society organisation WoMin mobilises women to resist land grabbing and environmental destruction

Women’s empowerment
Nusrat Naushin
Maliha Masfiqua Malek

Climate justice requires gender justice

The impacts of global heating are not gender neutral, so the response cannot be gender neutral either

Working life
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

Vocational education for girls in Uganda

Smart Girls Foundation, a social enterprise, trains girls in areas like machinery welding, automotive mechanics and electric installation

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Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

What purposes our Digital Monthly serves, and how it differs from the print issue

German policy
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

BMZ makes bold statement of intent

The new Africa strategy of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Daily Life
Gloria Manirakiza
Merle Becker

Motherhood in Burundi

A working mother of five reports how she organises childcare despite expensive day-care in Burundi

Gender
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Fighting violence through martial arts

In Zimbabwe more and more women defend themselves against violent attacks by training martial arts

Female mechanics
Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki

Breaking the gender-role system in the workplace

In Kenya, a new trend of female mechanics is challenging traditional beliefs

Girl's education
Rukamanee Maharjan

Nepalese girls still don’t have equal educational opportunities

The lives of young women in Nepal are determined by traditions and taboos, even though the constitution guarantees them equal rights

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Young generation
Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert
Miriam Holländer

How Generation Z is changing the world of work in development

Attitudes have changed towards global relations and work-life balance – at Berlin’s Centre for Rural Development (SLE) as well

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Poverty Reduction

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

Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating
Biogas innovation: Clean energy and fertiliser for Malawi’s farmers
Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

Gender Equality

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

NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
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Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment
A cookbook reveals the connection of diet and tradition

Governance

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

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy

Sustainability

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

Self-righteous aggressiveness versus universal values
Brief history of ARV treatment in South Africa
HIV/AIDS still haunts South Africa
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Coping with strife, climate impacts and a broken economy