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Refugees from Africa in Izmir, Turkey.

Social policy

Social-protection systems reduce causes of displacement

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by Maren Suchta-Platzmann
by Amédé Schmitz
Jobs matter: women working in ceramics manufacturing in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Gender justice

How education and employment improve gender equality

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by Sundus Saleemi
Sundus Saleemi
Protesters in London are rallying against the Tigray conflict.

Tigray conflict

Eritrean refugees are at risk in Ethiopia

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by Markus Rudolf
Women’s-rights activists celebrating in Buenos Aires after legislators passed the new law on 30 December 2020.

Reproductive health

Argentina’s new abortion law

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by Virginia Caballero
by María Lía Ghezzi

Homes

Informal real-estate business in West Africa

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by Irit Eguavoen
Desperate asylum seekers stranded on the Polish border in Belarus.

Polish border crisis

“There are viable and humane solutions”

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by Gerald Knaus
by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Land can serve more than one purpose: agroforestry in East Timor.

Agriculture and biodiversity

Tackling the global land-use trilemma

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by Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert
Only few are free to go home: women in Kolkata’s red-light district in December 2020.

Sexual abuse

How some Nepali girls end up as prostitutes

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by Rukamanee Maharjan
The Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of the Congo is under review to receive funding by the Legacy Landscapes Fund.

Wildlife

Biodiversity conservation areas need better funding

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by Friederike Bauer
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