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Audrey Simango

thefoodradio@gmail.com

contributed to D+C/E+Z in 2023. She is a freelancer working in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

 

All articles of Audrey Simango

Second-hand trade
Audrey Simango

Reselling imported used couches and sofas in Zimbabwe

Second-hand furniture from the UK is very popular in Zimbabwe, being sold for good prices

Cultural norms
Audrey Simango

Digitalising bride price payments

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

Tradition
Audrey Simango

Communal meals unite rich and poor

The custom of “mahwauro”, a practice of serving meals on fresh banana leaves, is a reminder of the possibility of an equal society in Zimbabwe

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Poverty Reduction

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

How family planning sometimes depends on church or mosque
At current trends, water SDG will not be achieved
Why UN probably cannot deliver more on taxes than OECD
A father-son relationship in crisis
What went wrong in Afghanistan

Gender Equality

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

The fate of a girl from Zimbabwe
In Malawi, women are still not allowed to fish
How family planning sometimes depends on church or mosque
Adapting to fast-changing German society in the 1960s
Experiencing feminism in Uganda

Governance

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

Ghana's water supply
Promoting access to safe drinking water for all
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Breathing space for politically persecuted persons
Colonial legacies still mark development affairs

Sustainability

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

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Promoting access to safe drinking water for all
Kampala’s water problems
Breathing space for politically persecuted persons
Colonial legacies still mark development affairs