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The 24 board members of the Green Climate Fund.

Climate finance

Ambiguity instead of accountability

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by Liane Schalatek
A polling station in Dakar, Senegal’s capital.

Elections

Democracy in West Africa

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by Karim Okanla
All impacts must be considered: people protesting in Nairobi last year against plans for new power station and coal mining in Kenya.

Global policymaking

Time to face the challenge

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by Hans Dembowski
A monk ties a red ribbon around the arm of a Cambodian man for protection purposes. The red ribbon also stands for prosperity and happiness.

Traditional healers

Respect the local context

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by Solida Sun
by Lemhuor Bun
by Panha Pich
by Sharon Gschaider-Kassahun
Sharon Gschaider-Kassahun
Raising awareness in Kolkata in April 2017.

Stigma and shame

Unacknowledged suffering

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by Sandip Chattopadhyay
by Hans Dembowski
Dealing with psychological problems is strongly dependent on culture.

Cultural specificity

Cultural determinants of ‘reality’

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by Solmaz Golsabahi-Broclawski
Children in front of a psychiatric hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. The Ebola crisis caused thousands of deaths in the West African country, and many people have struggled with mental-health problems ever since.

Psychiatric problems

Metaphysical explanations

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by Samir Abi
Schools in Burundi are overcrowded and often still under construction.

School system

Charitable and faith-based initiatives must jump in

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by Verena Stamm
Conductor on a Citi Hoppa bus.

Vocational training

Front-face customer care

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by Judy Thuo
by Hans Dembowski
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