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Water pollution
Adaze Okeaya-inneh

Humanity needs more and better wastewater treatment

The European Investment Bank assesses the risks of microplastics and micropollutants

Novel
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

The fate of a girl from Zimbabwe

The author and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga writes about a young woman’s fight for the right to female self-determination in Zimbabwe

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Breathing space for politically persecuted persons

Hamburg offers breathing space for politically persecuted persons

Patriarchal attitudes
Leon Kirschgens

How family planning sometimes depends on church or mosque

In West Africa, some faith-based networks promote demographic change

HBO miniseries
Mustafa Shrestha

“Chernobyl”: The cost of lies

The miniseries “Chernobyl” revolves around the worst nuclear accident in the world

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Basic needs
Prince Thompson

At current trends, water SDG will not be achieved

UN states that water management must improve internationally

Novel
Maren van Treel
Maren van Treel

A father-son relationship in crisis

Nassir Djafari’s debut novel illuminates a father-son relationship

Development studies
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Why development depends on a national elite’s shared vision

Oxford scholar rehabilitates the much-maligned term “aid”

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Poverty Reduction

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

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Gender Equality

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

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Modern dowry payment in Kenya
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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