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Governance
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Turkey’s government cracks down on Cumhuriyet

Silencing the media is a sign of weakness

Microfinance
Eva-Maria Bruchhaus

Flexible and disciplined

As self-organised savings communities, “tontines” are an example of economic, social and cultural solidarity in West Africa

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

weltwärts volunteers
Daniel Schönig
Yannik Bessei

“We don’t need much money”

Leader of German NGO discusses project in Ecuador with weltwärts volunteer

Editorial
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Government responsibility

The fight against infectious diseases is a task for national governments and the international community

United Nations
Eva Dick

Mixed results

New Urban Agenda adopted by UN conference Habitat III in Quito in October

Health care
Karoline Lerche

Medicine for all

Gavi and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria are saving millions of lives

Food security
Lea Diehl

Better figures

Global Hunger Index 2016 reckons that things have improved – but almost 800 million people still suffer hunger

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Poverty Reduction

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

Women, climate and chocolate
Junk food in school
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development

Gender Equality

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

Women, climate and chocolate
Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development

Governance

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

Women, climate and chocolate
Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister

Sustainability

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

Women, climate and chocolate
Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister