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Governance
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

A prize Mugabe deserves

Zimbabwe’s president has ruled his country dictatorially and ruinously for 35 years

Journalism
Rozina Islam

Media struggle with corruption

Why the media do not provide an unfiltered image of reality, for instance in Bangladesh

Visual media

From initial idea to film distribution

Weltfilme.org funds and facilitates film projects in developing countries

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Myanmar is heading towards unconvincing elections

The power of the military remains strong, and it does not have democratic legitimacy

Public finance
Moutaz Ali

No more cheap bread

In Libya, the government will soon become unable to fund fuel and food subsidies

Ensemble Modern

Composers and performers

Innovative German-Indonesian project for contemporary music

Film director
Ochan Hannington
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Risking my life

South Sudanese filmmaker Ochan Hannington speaks about his dangerous work and why he loves it anyway

Street art
Sebastián Vargas

Seizing public space

Politically relevant street art has a long tradition in Latin America

Elections
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Old insight borne out by Tanzanian and Ivorian elections

"Illusion of stability"

Rule of law
Emmalyn Liwag Kotte

Recent atrocities

UN rapporteur condemns the violation of Lumad communities’ human rights in the Philippines

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Poverty Reduction

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

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
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?

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.

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
How development policy is misunderstood

Sustainability

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

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
How development policy is misunderstood