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Renewable energy
Boris Schinke
Conrad Schetter

The social dimension of “desert power”

Research project on the social impacts of a concentrated solar power station in Morocco

Online propaganda
Ute Schaeffer

Countering the media strategy of ISIS

Media must fight ISIS’ online propaganda

Journalism
Rozina Islam

Media struggle with corruption

Why the media do not provide an unfiltered image of reality, for instance in Bangladesh

Ensemble Modern

Composers and performers

Innovative German-Indonesian project for contemporary music

Street art
Sebastián Vargas

Seizing public space

Politically relevant street art has a long tradition in Latin America

Visual arts
Ellen Thalman

Lives drifting on the water

Vietnamese artist Mai Nguyen Thi Thanh tackles social issues

Civic mindedness
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Scope for action

The only guideline for Engagement Global’s support for CSOs is promotion of human rights

African perspectives
Yvette Mutumba
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Stepping into the light

Art from Africa has long been neglected by the international art scene – but that is slowly changing

Visual arts in China
Florian Arnold

Provocation is permitted, explicit criticism is not

Under President Xi Jinping, pressure has increased on civil society, including on artists

Women in Islam
Martina Sabra

Changing gender roles

Relevant reading on Islam, gender and politics

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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.

How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets

Sustainability

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

How a pedagogy of sustainability can help Africa’s future
Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets