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Development and cooperation

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Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit

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Urban environment
Mohit Ray

Old mirrors

Ponds belong to Kolkata’s heritage and must be protected to the benefit of future generations

Nowadays
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

A new life

In a Beirut workshop, Syrian women refugees are starting a new life

Armament
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Many conflicts – many weapons

Mixed messages in the latest SIPRI yearbook assessing global military expenditure

Faith-based activism
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Essential matters

Why human rights depend on civil-society activism and what role the churches can play

Nowadays
Okello Ciro

Escaping to unknown destination

A South Sudanese refugee's flight to Kenya

Interview

“We need advocates from the West”

A Kenyan faith leader explains why homophobia is not God's wish

School health
Caroline Sölle de Hilari

Healthy children

Health education should start in primary school

Contraceptives
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A global public good

Individual choices and the common good: challenges of family planning

Human-rights violations
Helena-Ulrike Marambio

Forcibly sterilised

Peru's victims of forced sterilisation were mostly indigenous women

Men
Rita Schäfer

A controversial issue

South African views on male circumcision diverge - tradition and health matter

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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