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Sexual abuse

How some Nepali girls end up as prostitutes

After being trafficked into sex work, women are often trapped in slavery-like conditions in a foreign country

Wildlife

Biodiversity conservation areas need better funding

Humanity depends on a diverse natural world but many important conservation areas are underfunded, especially in developing countries

Internal displacement

Internal displacement is a huge issue in Nigeria’s northeast

Multidimensional Lake Chad crisis has multiple impacts on Nigeria

Children’s rights

India: Education for children in spite of coronavirus

In order to maintain social services in pandemic, aid organisations are providing supplies to local agencies

Ecosystems

Not only wildlife depends on Andaman biodiversity

How a small indigenous tribe is put at risk on an Indian Ocean island

Rural life

Activists raise awareness of ecosystem relevance in Malawi

Agricultural biodiversity has been neglected far too long, for instance in Malawi

Social media

“The vast majority does not get any kind of sex education”

Teenagers around the world use the internet for self-exploration

Women’s empowerment

Double burden of household work and earning money

As in many developing countries, masses of women are slaving away in Nigeria’s informal sector

War crimes

Children at arms

Short- and long-term measures are needed to stop the use of child soldiers

Ocean life

“Blue economy” is more than a catch word

Humanity depends on maritime resources and must exploit them sustainably

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Sustainability

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