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Cema Tork

cematork@gmail.com

last contributed to D+C/E+Z in summer 2019 as an intern, sponsored by the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX), a programme that invites 75 young Americans to work in Germany and 75 young Germans to do so in the USA.

All articles of Cema Tork

Gender equality
Cema Tork

Use the gender lens

UNESCO assessment of gender bias in education

Blog
Cema Tork

Ending the taboo

Award-winning Netflix documentary helps to break the stigma around menstruation

Summer Special
Cema Tork

Fashion exhibition stirs controversy

Controversial exhibition on Muslim fashion in Frankfurt

Development finance
Cema Tork

Principles traded for efficiency

A new study finds that the AIIB may undermine multilateral bank standards, and that Europe’s members can save them

Digital technology
Cema Tork

Choosing the right approach

Germany’s Protestant development agencies weigh pros and cons of digital technology

Education
Cema Tork

Overrated model

Recent admissions scandal reveals inequalities and corruption in US American education

BIodiversity
Cema Tork

Agriculture at risk

FAO sees food security at risk because of biodiversity loss

Humanitarian crises
Cema Tork

What the global public is missing

Care International and Germanwatch warn of growing climate risks

Blog
Cema Tork

A peaceful and welcoming country

The way Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s prime minister, responded to the terror attack in Christchurch sets an international example

African development
Cema Tork

Continent of growth

Politicians and investors discuss development plans for Africa

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Modi won, but no longer looks invincible
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Reforming development finance
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Giving voice to the voiceless
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The internet is crucial
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Financing health systems for informal workers
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A powerful role model for African girls
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Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation
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Colonialism and environmental preservation in Brazil
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Yet again, a climate summit delivers too little, too late
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Mahwish Gul
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
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Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Need for government advertising makes media vulnerable
Henning Melber
How South Africa negotiated its new government
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African responsibility for climate justice
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Women, climate and chocolate
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How to challenge a corrupt system
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Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
When qualifications don’t decide your career
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Hildegard Lingnau
From GFAR to GFAiR
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Sheila Mysorekar
Promoting pluralistic discourse
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Walk the talk regarding SDGs
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Mona Naggar
There are very few educational opportunities for refugees in Lebanon
Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado
Mexico’s first female president
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There are many ways you can be scammed on the web in Africa
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Pressure on wildlife in Uganda
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José Siaba Serrate
Disagreement between China and the Paris Club
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After Covid-19 pandemic, "build forward better"
Marva Khan
Marva Khan
Tangible action needed in Pakistan
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Sundus Saleemi
Whose development?

Poverty Reduction

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

Hope is a resource
Zimbabwe’s malnutrition crisis worsens under El Niño drought
Rethink conditions for lending to African countries
Better development financing for Africa
Burundi’s struggling tourism: Parks and reserves under threat

Gender Equality

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

Hope is a resource
NGO documents worsening plight of Afghan women
Improving female entrepreneurs’ self-esteem
Why you might find our newsletter useful
Kenyan military ordered to end HIV discrimination in recruitment

Governance

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

Fundamentally different fundamentalists
How indigenous spirituality matters
Soviet-era borders cause trouble today
Faith identities in Sri Lankan politics
Rethink conditions for lending to African countries

Sustainability

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

Fundamentally different fundamentalists
How indigenous spirituality matters
Soviet-era borders cause trouble today
Faith identities in Sri Lankan politics
Rethink conditions for lending to African countries