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International civil society
Adriano Campolina

Facilitating more than leading

Why ActionAid had to move its headquarters from Britain to South Africa

Climate change
Leonardo Rossi

From dream to nightmare

The cattle industry in Argentina is changing rapidly – not for the better

Protected areas
Laura Rupp
Maxi Springsguth
Alfons Üllenberg

Transcending frontiers

Good cooperation is the key to successful cross-border projects

Faith and development
Bernhard Felmberg

Religion’s creative potential

Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development keen on cooperation with faith-based institutions

International Cooperation
Agnes Abuom

INGOs in Africa

International non-governmental organisations support African partners, but must not micromanage them

Future ICSOs
Helene Wolf
Åsa Månsson

Designing the change agenda

International civil society organisations must adapt to global changes

Human rights
Selmin Çalışkan
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Protecting activists

Selmin Çalışkan elaborates on Amnesty International’s cooperation with local human-rights groups

Multilateral affairs
Antonio Tujan Jr.

Unequal partners

INGOs are northern-based agencies claiming to speak for marginalised people in the global south

International NGOs
Charlotte Dany
Andrea Schneiker

Experts, advocates and activists

International NGOs play various roles in global politics; their scope for influence varies as do their legitimacy problems

Repression of NGOs
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Aditi Roy Ghatak

New Indian authoritarianism

Despite their benefit for Indian society, the government restricts the space of international NGOs

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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