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Humanitarian aid
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

A time of reckoning

Humanitarian agencies are assessing what privilege, racism and inequality mean within their own ranks

Chile’s constitutional referendum
Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

Revolt of the masses

Aiming for a more egalitarian society, Chileans will revise their constitution

Macroeconomics
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Keynesianism – then and now

What Keynesianism means, and why it matters today

Macroeconomic policy
José Siaba Serrate
José Siaba Serrate

Another Bretton Woods moment

The IMF wants governments to increase their debt in order to respond decisively to Covid-19 and global warming

Human rights
Sam Opio
Isabella Bauer

“LGBT people still tend to hide”

Though things have improved, LGBT people still face serious harassment in Uganda

Food industry
Armin Paasch
Sarah Schneider

Profit prioritised

Food manufacturers undermine healthy eating and promote malnutrition

Covid-19 immunisation
Jörg Schaaber

Just crumbs for Africa?

The BUKO Pharma Campaign doubts that all countries will have the same access to Covid-19 vaccines

Agricultural diversification
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Dethroning King Maize

Zambian government is reconsidering whether maize should remain country’s main staple food

Traditional crops
Rabson Kondowe

Useful lessons

In Malawi, Slow Food campaigners are promoting the cultivation of traditional crops – and not only for health reasons

Healthy nutrition
Simone Welte

It’s all in the mix

Political will and raising public awareness are the basis for good nutrition

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

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
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

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
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts