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In brief
In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 15 August to 21 August

Summer special

Making fun of gender stereotypes

Summer Special 5: Rosario Castellanos’ farce “El Eterno Feminino” is an expression of Mexican feminism

Summer special
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Improbable friends

Summer Special 4: Chris Cleave’s novel “The Other Hand” contrasts London’s rat race to civil strife in Nigeria

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 08 August to 14 August

Nicaragua Canal

Citizen protests

Citizens directly affected by the construction of the Nicaragua Canal are fighting against the project

Summer Special
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Horror witnessed by a child

Summer Special 3: In “First they killed my father”, Loung Ung describes how she has experienced the Khmer Rouge terror regime as a child

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 01 August to 07 August

Summer Special
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

“Being enemies made us friends”

Summer-Special 2: The story of an unlikely friendship across enemy frontlines

Democracy and human rights

The Sachar Committee

Systematic neglect of Muslims, India’s largest minority

Summer special
Eva-Maria Verfürth

Leaving Iran and returning again

Summer special 1: Persepolis – A story of childhood, exile and return

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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”