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Gender Equality

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

Maryam S. Khan

Pakistan’s politically assertive women

Against the backdrop of the global #MeToo movement, a new wave of feminist politics swelled up in Pakistan. It asserts the right of women and queer people to inhabit public spaces without fear of harassment and violence.

Reproductive health
Bismark Acheampong

Involving men to change gender stereotypes

In many African countries males are often unwilling to get involved in reproductive health issues of their partners

Summer Special
Aviva Freudmann

Emancipation in Syria, both personal and political

“The other side of the river” shows a young Syrian woman’s personal liberation within the context of a wider effort to establish democracy

Gender equality
Oliver Schmidt

Women are particularly disadvantaged in the informal sector

Gender equality matters in both the formal and the informal economy, for example when it comes to finance

Gender relations
Sundus Saleemi
Sundus Saleemi

Domestic helpers are informally employed in many countries

Why men are closer to achieving a good work-life balance than women

Gender justice
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado

Mexico claims to pursue a “feminist” foreign policy

In Mexico, government rhetoric on women’s rights is better than what women experience in daily life

Work
Kilasa Mtambalike

Female bus conductors on the rise

Tanzanian women are defying the gender stereotype and working as bus conductors

Traditions
Raphael Mweninguwe

Poverty and cultural norms push youngsters to get married

Local leaders in Malawi launched a campaign to end child marriages

Labour rights
Imran Mukhtar
Imran Mukhtar

Dangerous cotton harvest

Mostly women pick cotton in Pakistan – they are poorly paid and exposed to health risks

Nowadays
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Training tailors, cooks or service staff

Catholic nuns try to help young women in Zambia to escape poverty

Bangladesh
Nazma Akter
Marianne Scholte

The price garment workers paid for Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Labour activist Nazma Akter assesses developments in Bangladesh’s textiles factories

Poverty Reduction

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

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Inequality is getting worse according to UNDP

Gender Equality

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

Pakistan’s politically assertive women
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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.

To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Join us to discuss global development
The climate crisis is exacerbating hardship in conflict areas
The Biafra legacy

Sustainability

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

To define Pakistan as a nation, Islam is insufficient
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Join us to discuss global development
The climate crisis is exacerbating hardship in conflict areas
The Biafra legacy