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Mass protests
Katie Cashman

The people want to live in peace and dignity

In Chile and Bolivia, protests are driven by social exclusion and excessive inequality

Social media
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Serious discrimination

Current frustration with Twitter in India shows why the big internet multinationals require global regulation

Underutilised crop species
Silke Stöber

Bitter melon and spiderplant

The examples of the bitter melon and spiderplant show how valuable neglected edible plants are

Neglected and underutilised species
Silke Stöber

Important for a sustainable diet

Malnutrition would decline if people ate a greater variety of plants

Brexit
Ciarán Ó Maoláin

English populism and Scottish nationalism

What if Scottish nationalists lead their country back into the EU eventually?

Regional integration
Ciarán Ó Maoláin

Irish peace at risk

It is not obvious that Irish peace can survive the UK’s exit from the EU

Digitalisation
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Low and high-tech applications

VENRO study shows chances and limits of digital instruments in development aid

Climate change
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Engulfed by the lake

Fishermen on Zambia’s Lake Kariba are drowning in growing numbers

Organic farming
Vijay Kumar Thallam
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Four wheels of Zero Budget Natural Farming

Why the government of Andhra Pradesh, a South Indian state, is promoting organic farming

Socialisation
Sonwabiso Ngcowa

Absent fathers

Why South African society tends to not prepare boys adequately for the future

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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.

Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
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

Sustainability

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

Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
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