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Safe drinking water
Frank Bliss

400 wells for 20 ethnic groups

Digging wells is quite demanding in a setting of great ethnic diversity

Civil strife
Rita Schäfer

Culture of male violence undermines society

Tackling male violence after civic strife

Islam and politics
Bijan Kafi

Young revolutionaries

Young Egyptians don’t want a theocracy

Media
Joseph Miller

Migration myths

Media contort migration from Africa

Arab Spring
Martin Beck

“Born into communities”

Sectarian and other identities in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan

Islam
Mahfuzul H. Chowdhury

“Muslim, but religiously liberal”

Saudi money makes a difference in Bangladesh, but radical Islam is not a strong political force

Prejudice
Veronika Deffner

Second class citizens

Brazilian Favelas’ reputation for crime is overblown and undeserved

Community participation
Immacultata Raphael

No more cholera

Providing everyone with safe drinking water in Tanazania’s Hai District

Health
Frank Odenthal

Dedicated at first, discouraged later

State intervention is undermining Ghana’s succesful health microinsurance schemes

Interview
Yasser Alwan

“A new sense of purpose”

An eyewitness report of revolution on Cairo’s Tahrir Square

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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