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Favelas
Oberdan Basilio Chagas
Julia Jaroschewski

“Different from what visitors expect”

Oberdan Basilio Chagas guides visitors through his favela

Potential of tourism
Antje Monshausen

Sustainable and ­development-friendly

Tourism can be made sustainable if the industry respects local people and protects the environment

Tourism for development
Brit Reichelt-Zolho
Johannes Kirchgatter

Live elephants have to be worth more

Ecotourism in Africa promotes sustainable development and nature conservation

Economic development
Grace Atuhaire

Revival strategy

Kenya’s government wants to kick-start growth in tourism

Hotels
Shireen Aga

Benefit the host community

Tourists appreciate eco-friendly hotels, but often don’t want to pay the price

Sex tourism
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Dubious reputation

Cambodia is seen as a heaven for paedophiles and sex tourists

Community-based tourism
Theresa Krinninger

Off the beaten track

How tourism can make a difference in Cata, a rural community in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province

Youth
Astrid Neumann

Unknown reality

Weltwärts offers young people the opportunity to work and learn in a foreign environment

Tunisia
Aya Chebbi

Revolution tourism

Revival of tourism will stabilise Tunisia’s democracy, a model for the Arab region

Official development assistance
Kiros Abeselom

Systemic flaws

Development aid in the face of vested interests

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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.

Evicting indigenous people
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”

Sustainability

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

Evicting indigenous people
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”