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In brief
Service provider
Giles Rhys Jones

Addressing the planet

The geocoding system of what3words can help to enhance access to services in remote areas

Organic pioneers
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Cheap, modern and eco-friendly

Rythu Sadhikara Samstha is promoting organic farming in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh

Security
Rita Trautmann
Dennis Muñoz

Climate of fear and violence

Honduras is among the most dangerous countries that are not currently at war

Platform on Disaster Displacement
Walter Kälin

Protecting people displaced by disasters

The Platform on Disaster Displacement’s objective is to integrate the protection of refugees in international processes

Hotspot Afghanistan
Bernd Leidner

Private sector needs suitable financing

Small and medium-sized enterprises can boost Afghanistan’s economic development – provided they receive well-targeted support in obtaining credit

BIodiversity
Cema Tork

Agriculture at risk

FAO sees food security at risk because of biodiversity loss

Development
Rolf Drescher

Political and economic profile of Malawi

Weak institutions are the main cause of Malawi’s persisting poverty, and the next elections are unlikely to change much

Humanitarian crises
Cema Tork

What the global public is missing

Care International and Germanwatch warn of growing climate risks

Ethiopia
Alisa Kaps

Industrial prospects

Ethiopia hopes for new investments

MONUSCO
Theresa Krinninger

Safeguarding a peaceful transformation

Head of UN peacekeeping mission in the DR Congo warns against budget cuts

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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