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Gender
Rita Schäfer

The roots of the family

The legal status of women in South Africa is better than ever before – on paper

Sustainable development
Bruno Wenn
Bruno Wenn
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Investment in skills training pays off

Why investment in vocational training matters

SDGs
Hildegard Lingnau
Hildegard Lingnau

More effective partnerships

The OECD offers advice on how to improve international cooperation

Transport
Susanne Neubert
Susanne Neubert

Long distances

Rural roads are essential for facilitating agriculture development in Africa

Victim compensation
Gregor Maaß
Mario Pilz

Returning to everyday life

Study identifies measures to reintegrate victims of Colombia’s civil war into everyday life

Rural health care
Anne Jung

Cured but not in good shape

Post-Ebola Sierra Leone needs radical reform in health-care system

Neglected disease
Olaf Hirschmann
Herman Joseph Kawuma

Radio Wa is talking health

Media support can boost medical services’ outreach

Rural life
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Saving our heritage

Protection of Adivasi culture and traditions helps members of India’s tribal communities to cope with change

Youth criminality
Victor Puluc

“Violence and grief every day”

How poverty and broken families broaden the circle of youth gangs in Guatemala

Fatherhood
Sonwabiso Ngcowa

Missing role model

Too many children grow up without a father assuming responsibility for parenting in South Africa

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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”