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Coastal communities
Nnimmo Bassey

Fish species are disappearing

In West Africa, coastal communities’ livelihoods are at risk because of overfishing and oil production

ODA
Frank Bliss

Cash transfers help the extreme poor

The idea of social protection is gaining momentum in development aid

Resilience
Usche Merk

The rise of a concept

Resilience has become a new buzzword in development circles – the impacts are not always positive

Relevant reading
Karoline Caesar

Crucial knowledge

Parties who want to contribute to a peace process need to interpret the narratives of conflict causes prudently

Reconciliation
Sun Narin

No justice without remembering

The legacy of the Khmer Rouge still haunts Cambodia

Social media
Isaac Sagala

Hate speech unchecked

Kenyans worry about hate speech in the media

Youth movement
Eva-Maria Verfürth
Qayssar Alwardii

Carnival for peace

Iraqi youth seeks to reunite society with an annual peace carnival

Reconciliation
Maya Perusin Mysorekar

From guerrillero to peace activist

A former FARC combatant is now fighting for peace and reconciliation

Interview
Amanda Lucía Camilo Ibarra
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

“This is the transition from war to peace”

After over 50 years of civil war in Colombia, it is not easy to live in peace

CPS
Martina Rieken

Help in times of crisis

Civil Peace Service supports refugees and returnees

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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”