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Governance
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Muslim thought can be less authoritarian than mostly assumed

Reviving Islam’s legacy of pluralism and tolerance

Human rights
Waqqas Mir

Afghan unrest affects neighbour

Millions of refugees and IDPs strain Pakistan’s resources

Human rights
Waqqas Mir

State authorities fail citizens

Pakistan violates rights of internally displaced people

Middle East
Maysam Behravesh

Scrambling against decline

Saudi Arabia’s anti-Iran stance looks desperate

Military affairs
Floreana Miesen

War technologically transformed

Drones and robots are increasingly marking warfare

Terrorism
Moutaz Ali

Everyday life under terror regime

One town in Libya is under ISIS control

Syria
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Many dimensions

Scholar explains why Syria crisis is so complex and so hard to resolve

Refugee crisis
Gerd Müller

The task for this decade

Coping with the refugee crisis is developmental challenge of the decade, according to German Minister Gerd Müller

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Economics is just another social science

Economic models are less accurate than their precise maths suggest

Global Monitoring Report
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Education for all not achieved

UN evaluates achievements and shortcomings of Education for All initiative

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs

Gender Equality

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

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
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

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

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
The dubious practices of digital money lenders

Sustainability

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

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
The dubious practices of digital money lenders