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Civil war
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

Limited access to Syrian people in crisis situations

In Syria, aid organisations can't reach many of those in need

Disaster relief
Mathew Abraham
Ramu Karra

Support for local communities

According to CHAI, people affected by disaster should be seen as agents of change and not mere victims

Transformative emergency aid
Hendrik Slusarenka

Aid in itself is not enough

Transformative emergency aid takes into account long-term social justice

International cooperation
Leon Valentin Schettler

The dark side of aid

The time is ripe to reform development cooperation with Haiti

Health and safety
Philip Aruna
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

“I am passionate about humanitarian work”

Interventions in crisis regions involve several personal risks for the helpers

Disasters
Glenn Brigaldino

Resilience makes sense

Local-level action can help communities at risk to cope with disasters

Sustainability
Drake Jamali

Energy shift

Carbon pricing can drive international transformation to sustainability

Public discourse
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Indispensable quality journalism

Journalism’s quality standards, and the public must understand them

Social network
Patrick Schlereth

Fakebook

The world’s largest social network does not fight fake news and disinformation in a convincing way

Press freedom
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Veiled threats and blatant harassment

Why online trolls could not tolerate my interview with a prominent Hindu guru

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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.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”

Sustainability

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

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“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”