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In brief
Private sector
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Better skilled employees

Why it makes sense for companies to invest in their staff’s skills

Refugees
Theresa Krinninger

Reducing what makes people flee

Experts from the DIE think tank want conflict prevention and peacekeeping to be at the centre of development policies

European Union
Karl Kopp

Dead refugees

Far too many refugees died when they tried to reach Europe to seek asylum

Human rights
Waqqas Mir

State authorities fail citizens

Pakistan violates rights of internally displaced people

Military affairs
Floreana Miesen

War technologically transformed

Drones and robots are increasingly marking warfare

Syria
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Many dimensions

Scholar explains why Syria crisis is so complex and so hard to resolve

Global Monitoring Report
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Education for all not achieved

UN evaluates achievements and shortcomings of Education for All initiative

Garments production
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Decent conditions and fair wages

Myanmar set to become next low-cost, exploitative and unstable garments production country

Education
Patricia Galicia

"Poverty exacerbates exclusion in education"

Guatemala: Why the expansion of private primary schools is harming society

ISIS
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Water as a weapon

ISIS is using water resources for military purposes

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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.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”