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Zivilgesellschaft
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“The oceans are rising, and so are we”

International marches show new pattern of international civil-society activism

Social insurance
Rezaul Haque

Universal health-care coverage is feasible

Social health insurance means that people pay according to their ability and everyone gets the services they need

Emergency relief
Christoph Schneider-Yattara

Save human lives

In East and Central Africa, millions of people are fleeing drought, hunger, terror and civil war

Marginalisation
Jonathan Bashi

Anglophone estrangement

Cameroonians struggle for true democracy and self-determination

Civil society
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Inadequately regulated

In both Pakistan and India, legislation fails to ensure that NGOs meet minimum standards of transparency and accountability

MENA
Lisdey Espinoza Pedraza
Markus Heinrich

Resolving conflicts over land and water

Peace Parks could be a model for cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa

Youth movement
Eva-Maria Verfürth
Qayssar Alwardii

Carnival for peace

Iraqi youth seeks to reunite society with an annual peace carnival

Anniversary
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Growing engagement

For five years now, Engagement Global has been supporting commitment to development work

Editorial
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Promoting peace

A new start after violent conflicts is difficult – but not impossible

CPS
Martina Rieken

Preventing violence, promoting peaceful coexistence

What civil conflict resolution can achieve

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts