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Propaganda
Jorge Soares

Nothing is true

Why populists depend on systematical disinformation

Populist governance
Jorge Soares

Lying about Brazil’s forests

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro falsely says deforestation is not a problem

Journalism
Gildaneliz Barrientos

Working in fear

Journalists exposing crime and corruption in Guatemala work in an atmosphere of fear and impunity

Dimensions of racism
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Demands for equality and justice

How BLM is making the USA great, though not in a way that Trump would appreciate

Refugee policies
Karl Kopp

Human rights shutdown

The EU uses measures against the coronavirus as a pretext to curtail the rights of asylum seekers

UN prognosis
Sarah Josef

The climate crisis is ­­exacerbating water stress

UN report highlights challenges related to water stress

Education
Gildaneliz Barrientos

A boost for women

A start-up school teaching work skills to women aims to narrow Guatemala’s gender gap

Press freedom
Moutaz Ali

Risky business

Journalists in Libya work in an atmosphere of fear and lawlessness

Pandemic response
Katharina Michaelowa
Katharina Michaelowa
Axel Michaelowa

Why lockdowns may prove deadly

Neglect of how the urban poor live, is making Covid-19 responses dangerous in many low-income countries

Covid-19
Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Pandemic apartheid

In India, Hindu-supremacists are now blaming Muslims for Covid-19

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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