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Demonstrations against the government of former Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Lima in 2023.

SDGs

How Peru has progressed despite political turmoil

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by Javier Bronfman
by Eva-Maria Verfürth

2030 Agenda in numbers

Global development goals: progress and setbacks

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by Isah Shafiq
The building of the German Parliament (Bundestag). There are fewer women in Parliament than in the previous legislative period.

Governance

Driving force or hindrance? Germany and the SDGs

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by Tobias Hauschild
Naila Conita.

Artist of the month

Naila Conita

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by D+C / E+Z
A traditional jumping dance is part of the Enkipaata ceremony, a Maasai male rite of passage that is still practised today.

Gender studies

Evolving masculinities

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by Stephen Mutie
People in traditional attire celebrate the Yomari Punhi festival in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu in December.

Nepal and the SDGs

Dreams of economic prosperity and sustainable development

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by Rukamanee Maharjan
Media reporting on Gaza has drawn widespread criticism.

Media criticism

“Gaza is not a black box”

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by Fabian Goldmann
by Björn Cremer
The chainsaw that Argentinian President Javier Milei gave tech billionaire Elon Musk as a gift at the Conserva­tive Political Action Conference in February.

Authoritarianism

The chainsaw men

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by Birgit Sauer
Scottish comedian Richard Gadd (centre) addresses his own experiences of sexualised violence in his miniseries “Baby Reindeer”.

Masculinity

Sexualised violence against men: the Baby Reindeer effect

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by Sonja Peteranderl
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