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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

East Africa
Raphael Sungu Raphael Sungu

Losing one’s dignity

In this refugee camp, human beings are reduced to numbers

East Africa
Raphael Sungu Raphael Sungu

A depressing camp in Kenya’s northwest

Kakuma camp and the global refugee crisis

Health care
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A short history of Indian pharma

How government action helped India’s pharma sector to grow

Central Africa
Theresa Krinninger

Unprotected civilians

Inter-faith dialogue helps to bring about peace in CAR – but more must happen

Fragile states
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

New spaces of violence in ungoverned places

Scholars assess organised violence in different forms and places

Female Genital Mutilation
Idah Nabateregga

100 million women affected

Women in sub-Saharan Africa are especially affected by female genital mutilation

Employment
Hans-Christoph Neidlein

Digitalisation revolutionises work

Human Development Report 2015 calls for equitable and decent work for all

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Poverty Reduction

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

Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery
International degrees, national development
Why farms should opt for multiple benefit strategies
How GDP statistics are misleading
Growth, green growth or degrowth?

Gender Equality

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

Why men are needed in feminist activism
Overview culture special
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Uganda faces rising challenges in combating gender-based violence
Human rights for all

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

European democracies under attack from North America
What G7 should do in response to sovereign debt crises
Multilateral action on sovereign debt must speed up
Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery
International degrees, national development

Sustainability

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

European democracies under attack from North America
What G7 should do in response to sovereign debt crises
Multilateral action on sovereign debt must speed up
Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery
International degrees, national development