Governance
Technology

Digital Bangladesh

Digitalisation in Bangladesh makes access to public services easier

Faith-based discrimination

Myth of the Muslim monolith

How a radical minority came to define Pakistan’s Muslim identity

Gender

Violence results from patriarchal attitudes

In Latin America, Bolivia reports the most cases of violence against women

Identity politics

Dangerous polarisation

The humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine challenges civil society

Comment

New Superman

China’s new personality cult and enhanced authoritarianism

Development finance

Raise the bar

Civil-society organisations blame international financial institutions for neglecting human rights abuses

Human rights

Threats to Ugandan activists

Human-rights groups in Uganda are threatened, and so are journalists who write about human-rights violations

Civil strife

“Bandits in uniform”

In view of ISAF withdrawal, violent conflicts are intensifying in Afghanistan

Ethnic minorities

The world’s most persecuted people

Myanmar does not recognise Rohingya as citizens, as NGO expert elaborates in our interview

Youth

German impressions

A brief history of the weltwärts volunteering programme

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