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Education
Patricia Galicia

Guatemala’s social problems

Poverty, corruption and racism: Guatemala’s primary schools reflect the country’s social problems

Islam
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Neglected heritage

What people should know about Islam’s pluralistic legacy

Religious customs
Basma El-Mahdy

Hijab debates on Facebook

Wearing a veil is a big debate for Egypt’s women – also on social media

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Muslim thought can be less authoritarian than mostly assumed

Reviving Islam’s legacy of pluralism and tolerance

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Economics is just another social science

Economic models are less accurate than their precise maths suggest

Education
Patricia Galicia

"Poverty exacerbates exclusion in education"

Guatemala: Why the expansion of private primary schools is harming society

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A Muslim film director’s response to terrorism in Mali

Abederrhamane Sissako deserves global attention

Labour rights
Niaz Asadullah
Zaki Wahhaj

Minimum wage attracts girls to factories

Higher wages in Bangladesh’s garments sector mean better income but push girls into work as child seamstresses

Cooperation
Martin Verfürth

Apple tree versus tanks

School exchange programmes: German–Palestinian partnership during the Middle East conflict

Children
Martin Verfürth

Partnering with a Palestinian school

Hand in hand with school children in Bethlehem: the value of school partnering

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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