The World Health Organization considers homosexuality as normal behaviour

South Africa’s white minority has lost its political dominance, but is still privileged in terms of wealth and opportunity

The anti-democratic legacy of Spanish and US colonialism in the Philippines

The movie “The Hate U Give” addresses racism in today’s society in an entertaining way

More cooperation is needed – from the local to the international level – to ensure that the UN targets for water are not missed

Mexico’s ideology of mestizaje, or racial mixing, obscures ingrained racism

In West Africa, traditional or religious practices are often the preferred method of treating mental disorders

Pakistan shows why comprehensive sex education would improve young people’s lives

Climate change and other global developments are severely exacerbating Pakistan’s home-made problems

High fertility correlates with poverty – and compounds it

For all countries to become able to rise to the challenges of the current polycrisis, debt-restructuring is needed

Catholic church opposes reproductive health bill in the Philippines

How Jamaican Creole became the main language for artistic expression

More than ten years after the collapse of the Gaddafi regime, the situation in Libya is so devastating that some long for pre-revolutionary times

Libya has the world’s largest irrigation project

Ghana's IT companies are competing for the best minds both on the local and on the global labour market

Half of Pakistan’s women cannot read or write in any language

People with dark skin are discriminated against in Arab countries

People in Germany with Turkish roots have identity problems – a situation fuelled by the Turkish president

Leading German government official demands reforms at multilateral development bank