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Opportunities of migration
Dirk Niebel

Triple win

Triple win: Germany's development minister on the opportunities of migration

Global governance
Liane Schalatek
Smita Nakhooda

Slow, but steady progress

Green Climate Fund is making slow, but steady progress

Colombia
Gloria Ortega Pérez

Refugees in their own country

Internal displacement is the cause of Colombia's humanitarian disaster

West Africa
Yahouza Sadissou

Hoping to return home

Niger can hardly cope with masses of refugees from Mali

Editorial
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Tragedy of the commons

The seas do not belong to anybody – and they are being over-exploited

Incoherent policies
Francisco Marí

In foreign waters

The EU’s fishing policy is undermining developmental efforts

Food security
Francisco Marí

The global drama of overfishing

Fish stocks are being depleted fast – and coastal communities in developing countries suffer most.

Education
Claudia Schilling
Christine Blome

Meeting at eye level

ENSA: School exchanges at eye level

Global economy
Uwe Jens

Level the playing field

The world economy needs a level playing field

Employment
Dirk Niebel

Necessary condition

German minister wants international community to pay more attention to generating employment

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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.

Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges

Sustainability

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

Better protection for schools in northern Nigeria
Preventing Boko Haram from recruiting young people
Evicting indigenous people
How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges