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Basic needs
Caroline Triml

Toilets – a taboo topic

Drinking water MDG is achieved, but sanitation MDG must wait

Human rights
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Legally entitled to a full stomach

Indian government wants to enforce right to food with new legislation

Agriculture
Hans-Heinrich Bass

Green renaissance, not revolution

Africa needs green renaissance, not green revolution

Crime
Cletus Gregor Barié

Art versus violence

Mobilising creative artists against Colombia’s culture of violence

Democracy
Peter Hauff

Populism and bloodshed

When elections boost the risk of violence

Somalia
Peter Hauff

About-turn recommended

More promising approaches against piracy in the Gulf of Aden

Health
Ghadeer Mohammed
Maika Müller
Mirja Michalscheck
Muhammad Khalifa

Simple, but effective

The tradition of puryfing drinking water with clay filters deserves to be revitalised in the Arab World

Local communities
Jörn Geißelmann

The cultural dimension

UN agencies are supporting culture sensitive development in remote regions of China

Editorial
Eva-Maria Verfürth

Slow progress

After decades of campaigning, women still deserve to be protected and pomoted in working life

Central and North America
Ana Silvia Monzón Monterroso

In search of opportunities

Many women from Guatemala hope they’ll find a better future abroad

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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