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Authoritarian dress code
Shora Azarnoush

Iran’s regime is trying to enforce hijab rules again

: In Tehran and other cities, many women are not covering their hair anymore in acts of public defiance

Our view
Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

Sustainable development is inherently feminist

Feminist development strategies must dismantle gender inequality, because truly sustainable development depends on women

Childlessness
Mireille Kanyange
Mireille Kanyange

In Burundi, childless couples have a heavy burden to bear

Women and men report on the hardship of being involuntarily childless in Burundi

Women in conflict
Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón

Men must be held accountable

Women become victims in conflicts between men, so men must assume responsibility

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Demographic change
Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul

Slow decline of African birth rates

High fertility correlates with poverty – and compounds it

Women’s rights
Mariame Racine Sow
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Men must play their part in women’s empowerment

Mariame Racine Sow is a women’s rights activist from Senegal who appreciates that development and feminism are linked

Women's rights
D+C / E+Z

Overview gender equality

Our overview compiles contributions on gender equality

D+C/E+Z
D+C / E+Z

Why we believe in our Digital Monthly

What purposes our Digital Monthly serves, and how it differs from the print issue

Cultural norms
Audrey Simango

Digitalising bride price payments

An entrepreneur developed an app to standardise brides prices in South Africa, that encounters much criticism

Gender justice
Jaylan ElShazly

Encouraging women to profit from e-commerce in Africa

Female entrepreneurs play an important role in Africa’s fast growing e-commerce market, yet they keep encountering obstacles

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Poverty Reduction

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

Aid is problematic, but indispensable
The sustainability agenda humankind needs
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts

Gender Equality

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

Why the acronym BIPoC does not have to explain anything
Defending the progress made
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy

Governance

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

Why the unconvincing BRICS+ alliance looks so formidable
Aid is problematic, but indispensable
The sustainability agenda humankind needs
Why more BRICS members are not necessarily better
„This is rich coming from an Israeli leader“

Sustainability

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

Why the unconvincing BRICS+ alliance looks so formidable
Aid is problematic, but indispensable
The sustainability agenda humankind needs
Why more BRICS members are not necessarily better
„This is rich coming from an Israeli leader“