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In brief
Summer Special
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

“I belong here!”

Identity is a controversially debated topic, as can be seen in a recently published book in Germany

Summer Special
Theresa Krinninger

Lost childhood

Filmmaker Talal Derki ruthlessly shows how children in war-torn Syria are brought up to become jihadists

Summer Special
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

The value of 158 varieties of cauliflower

Documentary calls attention to the massive loss of edible plants

Reproductive health
Rabson Kondowe

Making sanitary pads

In rural Malawi, non-governmental activists teach teenage girls to make sanitary pads

Health
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Homosexuality is not a disease

The World Health Organization considers homosexuality as normal behaviour

Development policy
Michael Krempin

A measure of SDG finance

OECD is working on a new way to measure SDG finance

Biodiversity
Theresa Krinninger

A million species at risk

The World Biodiversity Council issues a warning about mass extinction and pushes for the adoption of ambitious environmental protection measures

Report
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

WBGU proposals

How to make the digital transformation to sustainability happen

Expert advice
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

En route to a digital future

WBGU wants digital revolution to drive sustainable development

Summer Special
Cema Tork

Fashion exhibition stirs controversy

Controversial exhibition on Muslim fashion in Frankfurt

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Gender Equality

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

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
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

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