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Medication
Christian Wagner-Ahlfs

The problem of antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance is endangering the health of many people worldwide

Urban development
Hilda Rayappan
Lea Diehl

“Mental attitudes matter”

Civil-society leader discusses the recent development of Mangaluru, a south Indian harbour town

Marital tradition
Martina Sabra

Marriage first, love later?

Fewer arranged marriages in Arab countries

Finance
Meike Goetze
Claas Langner

Sustainability in the banking sector

How development finance providers can advance sustainable development

Relevant reading
Franziska Schreiber

Remaking cities

Relevant reading on reinventing urbanisation

Civil-society engagement
Elizabeth Wamuni Njoroge
Isabella Bauer

“Music is my friend”

The Ghetto Classics youth orchestra from a Nairobi slum helps members develop vital skills

Global environment
Dirk Messner
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

“Normative compass”

The dramatic global impact of urbanisation is being underestimated, warns WBGU

Habitat III
Franz-B. Marré
Maria-Theres Haase

Urbanisation as opportunity

Sustainable mobility is a prerequisite for inclusive urban growth

weltwärts volunteers
Francis Aidoo
Leon Wilken
Lois Fontaine

“Our vision is to empower the youth”

Leader of Ghanaian skills-training centre discusses his work with German weltwärts volunteers

Poverty
Norbert Herrmann

Hard township life

Life is hard in South African townships, and there is plenty of room for improvement

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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”