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Primary schools
Linda Vierecke
Christoph Peters

Bilingual education

Why many Bolivian primary schools use two languages in the classroom

Education
Linda Vierecke
Christoph Peters

Bilingual teacher training

Bolivian schools need qualified staff for teaching in indigenous languages

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Declaring Gambia an Islamic Republic is irresponsible

President Jammeh is grandstanding

Discrimination
Roli Mahajan

A matter of pride

Sexual minorities claim equal rights in India

Education
Raphael Mweninguwe

Bringing girls back

Malawi’s civil-society organisations help to keep girls from dropping out of school

Scholarships
Jana Jagalski

Discovering new perspectives

Artists-in-residence programmes facilitate international exchange

Military affairs
Gloria Laker Aciro Adiiki

Uganda’s Iraq-war veterans

Many soldiers from Uganda fought with the US in the Iraq war

Visual arts
Ellen Thalman

Lives drifting on the water

Vietnamese artist Mai Nguyen Thi Thanh tackles social issues

Performing arts
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Proud parents

Jorge Cruz Quispe discusses his cultural programme for indigenous students in El Alto, Bolivia

Women in Islam
Martina Sabra

Changing gender roles

Relevant reading on Islam, gender and politics

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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