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In brief
In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 6 February to 13 February

Development finance
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Hopes and illusions

How the new BRICS bank could change international development finance

Fight against hunger
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

NGO demands stronger G7 commitment

Rich countries have to shift focus in the fight against global hunger – and pledge more funding

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 31 January to 5 February

Humanitarian aid
Theresa Krinninger

“More, not less commitment”

Challenges for humanitarian Aid in ISIS-controlled areas

Media
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Dangerous job

According to Reporters without Borders, 66 journalists were murdered in 2014

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 24 January to 30 January

AWAJ Foundation
Marianne Scholte

New kind of labour movement

A new kind of labour movement has been emerging in Bangladesh since the Rana-Plaza disaster

Study
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Soils need more protection

24 billion tonnes of fertile soil are lost every year through soil sealing, degradation and erosion

In brief

News of the week

Relevant news – 17 January to 23 January

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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.

How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets

Sustainability

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

How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets