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In brief
Workers’ rights
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A victory for household helpers

ILO passes convention to protect household helpers

Malawi
Raphael Mweninguwe

Lower fish prices

Malawi: Lower fish prices

Niger
Yahouza Sadissou

The impact of the Libyan crisis on Niger

Migrants are fleeing from Libya to desperately poor Niger

Food security
Peter Hauff

A matter of peace

To fight hunger, it won’t do to merely boost agricultural production

Uganda
Merle Becker

Following the Arab Spring example

Ugandan protest movement “walks to work”

Civil strife
Rita Schäfer

Culture of male violence undermines society

Tackling male violence after civic strife

Tunisia
Peter Hauff

German industry hesitates in North Africa

German companies hesitate to invest in revolutionary Tunisia

United Nations
Peter Hauff

Green power for all?

How to provide sustainable energy to everyone

Media
Joseph Miller

Migration myths

Media contort migration from Africa

Social media
Eva-Maria Verfürth

Help is coming via twitter

Social media have become indispensable for aid agencies

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Poverty Reduction

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

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

The literary power of Black women writers
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Governance

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

Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence

Sustainability

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

Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence