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Leather

“Stricter than in Germany”

Uwe Hutzler: Setting sustainability standards in the tanning industry in Asia and the USA

Urban infrastructure
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Public transport for 30 million people

Chinese megacity Chongqing wants to become a model for light-rail traffic

Migration
Christina Stobwasser

Torn life

What China's migrants aspire to and how they cope with daily challenges

Repression
Astrid Lipinsky

Government control of fertility

China's demographics: one child, two partens, four grandparents

Gender relations
Nilanjana Ray

Aborted girls, trafficked women

Aborted girls, enslaved brides - a depressing Asian drama

Eco systems
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Dangerous dams

Mekong dam projects endanger eco systems as well as people's livelihoods

Trade union
Doris Fischer

No Revolution

Foxconn to improve workers’ representation a bit, but labour relations in China will not change dramatically

Public participation
Christian Wuttke

Field trials

China's urban planners are increasingly interested in their people’s desires

Sustainability
Berthold M. Kuhn
Berthold M. Kuhn

Conferences of consequence

Global environment summits like Rio+20 trigger new initiatives in China

Angry citizens
Laura Hinze

Protest in Qidong

Eco-protest in coastal town in China

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Poverty Reduction

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

BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?
Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP

Gender Equality

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

Defending the progress made
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries

Governance

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

From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women

Sustainability

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

From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made
To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women