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Again and again, migrants try to climb over the border fence of Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in North Africa.

Migration

On the border

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by Floreana Miesen
Picking organic Fairtrade cotton in Burkina Faso.

Commodities

Farmers' self-determination

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by Anup Kumar Singh
In Ethiopia, birth rates range from 1.5 to seven children per woman depending on the region: a Catholic wedding in Addis Abeba.

Demographic trends

Differentiated action

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Khadija Farhana

Women’s empowerment

Married too young

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by Khadija Farhana
The working conditions of many seamstresses must improve – not only in Bangladesh.

Textile industry

Price does not guarantee fairness

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by Gisela Burckhardt
Work conditions are tough, but improving.

Labour relations

“Enforce the law”

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by Nazma Akter
by Marianne Scholte
Community support matters: rural women in Peru.

International financial institution

Human and social beings

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by Hans Dembowski
Risky roads – entire families can be plunged into poverty because of accidents like this one in Burkina Faso.

Insurance industry

New horizons

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by Anja Strautz
A Chinese company that owns a copper mine in Zambia helped building a football stadium in the capital, Lusaka.

South-south cooperation

China’s role in Africa

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
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