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Online media
Arjuna Ranawana

How Sri Lanka keeps the press muzzled

Sri Lanka’s independent online news outlets face an uphill battle to be heard

Summer Special
Aviva Freudmann

Witch-hunting, then and now

The documentary “The Letter” shows how witch-hunting still haunts modern-day Kenya

EU
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Equality, inclusion and ­participation for Roma and Sinti

EU tries to counteract antiziganism

Sinti and Roma
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Sinti and Roma demand equality and participation

Racism and antiziganism are deeply rooted in European societies

Discrimination
Edith Koesoemawiria

Indonesia’s history of othering

Suharto’s authoritarian rule made life hard for Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese

Discrimination
Edith Koesoemawiria

Indonesia’s ethnic resentments

In spite of legal protections, Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese still face discrimination

Our view
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Decoupling prosperity from skin colour

Racism persists because marginalised communities are largely excluded from positions of leadership

Cyber warfare
Rishikesh Thapa

Strong clout in digital space

The rapid growth of digital technology has a bearing on global power relations

Online forum
Rukamanee Maharjan

#DalitLivesMatterNepal

Campaigning online for Dalit rights

Caste-based discrimination
Rukamanee Maharjan

Nepal must do much more to protect most vulnerable community

Despite legal protections, Nepal’s Dalits suffer serious discrimination

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Gender Equality

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

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
Modern dowry payment in Kenya

Governance

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

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”
Why Kenya is on fire

Sustainability

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

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”
Why Kenya is on fire