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Repression
Astrid Lipinsky

Government control of fertility

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

Men
Rita Schäfer

A controversial issue

South African views on male circumcision diverge - tradition and health matter

Outdated stereotypes
Dean Peacock Peacock

Engaging men

Why men's attitudes must change for women's lot to improve in South Africa

Gender relations
Nilanjana Ray

Aborted girls, trafficked women

Aborted girls, enslaved brides - a depressing Asian drama

Empowering women
Renate Bähr

Rights-based family planning

Everyone should be able to decide how many children to have - and when

Health
Patricia Galicia

The right to one’s body

Guatemalan girls and boys deserve better sexual education

Empowerment
Najma Rizvi

Spectacular achievement

Successful family planning in Bangladesh – a holistic approach leads to lower fertility rates rates and empowers women

Municipal climate partnership

Renewable energy for Nicaragua

Bielefeld is supporting climate-relevant projects in its Nicaraguan twin city Estelí

Infrastructure
Frank Kürschner-Pelkmann

Controversial undertakings

Large-scale projects for diverting water often cause more trouble than they deliver benefits

Urban marginalisation

The favela reporter

Interview with Michel Silva, a blogger who writes about daily life in his favela in Rio

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Poverty Reduction

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

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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.

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
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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