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In brief
Prison conditions

D+C correspondent locked up in Zimbabwean prison

Jeffrey Moyo endured three weeks in Zimbabwean jails under horrifying conditions

Bolivia

Bridging divides in Bolivia

German political foundations have launched a dialogue process that includes all political camps.

Climate crisis

Learning from each other to cope with climate crisis

IIED/ICCCAD publication tackles loss and damage due to global heating

Financing

A push from development banks

Multilateral development banks play an important role for the economic recovery of Latin American and Caribbean countries

Latin America

Implementing a green recovery agenda

Latin America has room for improvement in using nature-based solutions, digitalising sectors, and improving transport and energy infrastructure

Gender equality

Successes and setbacks in women's equality

Despite the pandemic, UNICEF never lost sight of its commitment to gender equality

Humanitarian crisis

UN calls for massive funding for Afghanistan

In order to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, a record amount of $ 4.4 billion for 2022 needs to be raised

Disability

Empowering women and changing minds

Civil-society organisations are calling for the empowerment of disabled women who have experienced violence

Mauritius

How Mauritian journalists report about women

Researcher provides evidence of Mauritian media not treating both genders equally

Menstruation

Biological facts every girl must know

A new digital app helps to break the taboo surrounding girls’ menstruation in Pakistan

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Sustainability

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