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Informeller Sektor
Waste management
Roshan Sharma

Part of a system

Landfills are only one component of waste management

Agriculture
Maxwell Suuk

The vegetable dispute

Vegetable farmers in Ghana are having a hard time

Marginalisation
Aida Azarnoush

Dolls feeding street children

Home-made dolls help Iranian youngsters to escape poverty

Civil war
Philip Thon Aleu

High expectations for peace

Implementation of the peace deal in South Sudan is imminent

Women’s empowerment
Khadija Farhana

Money for women’s businesses

Special grants help poor women in Bangladesh’s urban areas

Social security
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

African pension patterns

World Bank study assesses old-age protection in sub-Saharan Africa

Deforestation
Raphael Mweninguwe

Trees to charcoal

Cutting trees in Malawi forest reserves will lead to a serious water shortage

Labour migration
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

What women migrants send home

A growing number of female migrants in the Asia-Pacific region support their families and national economies

Poaching

Elephants and Spider Net

Tanzania wants to curb poaching of wild animals

Economy
Alie Yunus Kallay

Billion-dollar damages

Illegal fishing by foreign vessels damages the West African fishing industry

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

“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”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

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

“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”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts