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Immigrants
Sengül Yalcin-Ioannidis
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Highs and lows of immigrant life in Germany

Three immigrants in Frankfurt tell their story

Child prostitution
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Hunger and poverty make young girls sell their bodies

Zimbabwe is seeing a spike in child prostitution as poverty and hunger spread

Deradicalisation
Ahmad Mansour
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

“Teaching democracy is just as important as teaching maths”

Ahmad Mansour, expert in extremism prevention, calls for more democracy education in schools and integration courses

Urban life
Thuany Rodrigues

Rio’s poor have reason to fear the police

The vast majority in Brazil’s poor communities are not involved in crime

Marginalised communities
Thuany Rodrigues

Where Brazil's neglected people live

Favelas are a particular kind of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Brazilian cities

Horn of Africa
Markus Rudolf

Who is caught in the crossfire of Ethiopia’s recent conflict

In Ethiopia’s ongoing Tigray conflict, Eritrean refugees are especially at risk

Child brides
Raphael Mweninguwe

An early end to childhood

Despite a law banning marriage under age 18, Malawi is seeing an increase

Identities
Ulrich Goedeking

Pulling the levers of power in Bolivia

With or without representation parliament, political movements have long influenced Bolivian politics

Social media
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Tackling disinformation

Humanitarian workers are confronted with dangerous disinformation regarding health and vaccinations

Humanitarian aid
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

A time of reckoning

Humanitarian agencies are assessing what privilege, racism and inequality mean within their own ranks

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

Gender Equality

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

Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

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

Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood
How GIZ gets young people moving

Sustainability

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

Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders
How development policy is misunderstood
How GIZ gets young people moving