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In brief
Investing
Aviva Freudmann

Remembering the “forgotten continent”

There are reasons why European investors are shying away from Africa

Refugee protection
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework

United Nations developed a new framework how states can best deal with and protect refugees

Urbanisation
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Poverty causes depression, depression causes poverty

In cities, social stress and environmental hardships can contribute to mental illness

Global governance
Floreana Miesen

Navigating complex policy arenas

Two interactive online tools can help to understand global environmental policymaking better

CPS
Martina Rieken

The Civil Peace Service turns 20

CPS experts bring knowledge and an outsider’s perspective to conflicts

Long-term impacts of strife
Sharon Gschaider-Kassahun
Sharon Gschaider-Kassahun

A traumatised nation

So far, Cambodia’s health system is ill-equipped to deal with mental-health issues

Gender
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Public health crisis”

India’s suicide rates are above world average

A case study
Solmaz Golsabahi-Broclawski

A family’s blessing

Psychologists’ own mental templates can distort their assessments of people from different backgrounds

Vocational schools
Verena Stamm

Anything is possible

Vocational schools are an important aspect of education and training in Burundi

Forced migration
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Creating prospects for refugees

German development policy focuses on the causes and consequences of displacement

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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