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Elections
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

US elections spell trouble for international community

That Donald Trump will be US president is very bad news

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Turkey’s government cracks down on Cumhuriyet

Silencing the media is a sign of weakness

World trade
Armin Paasch

The fig-leaf approach to human rights

EU trade policies do not take human rights in to account appropriately

Genocide
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Outlawing victims of massacres

Victims of the 1980s massacres in Zimbabwe are often denied their papers

Education
Edith Koesoemawiria

Boatloads of books

Grassroots initiatives are ensuring that children have access to books in some Indonesian villages

International cooperation
Lea Diehl

Dealing with authoritarian governments

Universal governance standards are not in force everywhere, but are useful nevertheless

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Self-serving African presidents back off from ICC

Out-dated idea of sovereignty is not anti-imperialist

Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

President Santos tells Colombians: "This prize is yours"

Juan Manuel Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize

MENA
Martina Sabra

Arranged marriage, forced marriage

What is an arranged or forced marriage?

Military coup
Edith Koesoemawiria

Rehabilitate the victims

Indonesian government should heed proposals of International People’s Tribunal concerning atrocities of 1965

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Poverty Reduction

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

Natural skin products redefine Kenya’s quest for beauty
Mexican community fund drives post-pandemic recovery
International degrees, national development
Why farms should opt for multiple benefit strategies
How GDP statistics are misleading

Gender Equality

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

“If you refuse, he threatens to cut your pay”
Natural skin products redefine Kenya’s quest for beauty
Why men must support feminist activism
Overview culture special
Uganda faces rising challenges in combating gender-based violence

Governance

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

Cooperation, not assistance: overcoming colonial patterns
“If you refuse, he threatens to cut your pay”
European democracies under attack from North America
What G7 should do in response to sovereign debt crises
Multilateral action on sovereign debt must speed up

Sustainability

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

Cooperation, not assistance: overcoming colonial patterns
“If you refuse, he threatens to cut your pay”
European democracies under attack from North America
What G7 should do in response to sovereign debt crises
Multilateral action on sovereign debt must speed up