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    • Chemicals management
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      • The global challenge of making chemicals usage sustainable
      • The coronavirus pandemic is affecting societies and economies around the globe
      • Diaspora communities: potentially powerful drivers of change
      • Millions of people cannot afford more than a mere shelter – that has to change
      • Political movements express discontent - and where civil-society space is limited, they become campaigns for democracy
      • Healthy nutrition is a matter of public awareness and political will
      • Capital markets' growing interest in investments' environmental, social and governance impacts
      • Re-assessing the controversial term "development"
      • National traumas can stand in the way of development
      • Forests are important ecosystems, deliver relevant resources and serve climate protection
      • Global warming and overuse are making access to water ever more precarious
      • Humanity urgently needs a transition to renewable energy
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    • New 14/04/2021 – by Laura Hinze

      Preventing teacher violence

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    • New 05/04/2021 – by Raphael Mweninguwe

      Keeping girls in school

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      • Sub-Sahara Africa
      • Southeast Asia and Pacific
      • South Asia
      • MENA Middle East North Africa
      • Latin America and the Caribbean
      • East Asia
      • Central Asia, Caucasia, Southeast Europe and Russia
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    • 29/03/2021 – by Qaabata Boru

      Protecting life and limb

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    • 21/03/2021 – by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

      Make Xi keep his climate promises

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Mauritian minister warns: “It is a matter of life and death”

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New 23/04/2021 – by Kavydass Ramano, Katja Dombrowski
Small island states such as Mauritius are suffering from devastating impacts of climate change – and the worst is yet to come. Kavydass Ramano, Mauritius’ minister of environment and climate change, urges advanced nations to honour their pledges under the Paris Agreement, emphasising that we cannot afford to lose time.
Keeping the peace
New 12/04/2021 – by Mireille Kanyange

Policing from a female perspective

Women are starting to take leadership posts in Burundi’s police and military
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Blog
New 11/04/2021 – by Hans Dembowski

Democracy versus kleptocracy

If western governments want to promote democracy, a good place to start would be to fight illicit financial flows
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Education
New 09/04/2021 – by Sundus Saleemi

Digital literacy would help Pakistan’s female population

Why most Pakistani women are denied digital opportunities
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Women’s rights
New 08/04/2021 – by Sundus Saleemi

How illiteracy perpetuates oppression of Pakistani women

Half of Pakistan’s women cannot read or write in any language
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Sustainability
New 07/04/2021 – by Michael Steffen

Environmentally enhanced Human Development Index

In response to dramatic risks, UNDP now considers environmental aspects in modified Human Development Index
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GIZ
New 06/04/2021 – by Hans Dembowski

How the GIZ is learning from experience

GIZ publishes evaluation report 2020
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Education
New 05/04/2021 – by Raphael Mweninguwe

Keeping girls in school

Mother groups’ in Malawi’s schools help to prevent girls from dropping out
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Universities
New 04/04/2021 – by Sudeh Dehnavi

The merits of studying abroad

Foreign graduates of German universities help to build bridges between cultures
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Remote schooling
02/04/2021 – by Farai Shawn Matiashe

New useful tool for remote learning

A WhatsApp bot is supporting remote learning in Zimbabwe – it was co-developed by a student
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Human rights
01/04/2021 – by Ridwanul Hoque, Hans Dembowski

Refugee suffering in Bay of Bengal and Mediterranean

Following EU example, Bangladesh is banning refugees to a remote island
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Chemicals management
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Only global cooperation can bring about sound chemicals management and sustainability
Pakistan’s laws to control chemical pollution are hardly enforced
Application of chemicals must become safer and more sustainable
Africa is starting to catch up with other regions in regard to pest control
Common consumer goods contain dangerous substances that are known to harm human health
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World regions

Central Asia, Caucasia, Southeast Europe and Russia
Human rights
Following EU example, Bangladesh is banning refugees to a remote island
Turkish immigrants
People in Germany with Turkish roots have identity problems – a situation fuelled by the Turkish president
East Asia
CO2 emissions
Environmental experts assess China’s CO2 emissions in report published by Heinrich Böll Foundation
Bilateral lending
Chinese agencies’ responsibilities are more transparent than generally assumed

Briefings

  • Covid-19 diary
    • Our view
      Covid-19 is proving to be an even more complex and longer lasting challenge than initially expected
    • Global Fund for Social Protection
      A Global Fund for Social Protection to help low-income countries finance basic social security
    • Remote schooling
      A WhatsApp bot is supporting remote learning in Zimbabwe – it was co-developed by a student
    • Pandemic response
      To respond to a pandemic, sub-Saharan governments need more fiscal space
    • Blog
      A second East-African president has suddenly died, and rumours abound about Covid-19 being the cause
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  • Diaspora communities
    • Our view
      Immigration benefits host countries and often also countries of origin
    • Burundi
      Burundi wants to improve its exchange with its citizens abroad
    • Labour migration
      For many developing countries, reduced remittances and less foreign-direct investment are a double whammy
    • Turkish immigrants
      People in Germany with Turkish roots have identity problems – a situation fuelled by the Turkish president
    • Diaspora communities
      Masses of Filipino women live and work abroad
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  • Urban housing
    • Our view
      Upgrading slums is one of the crucial issues to provide adequate housing for all
    • Urban master plans
      What difference successful urban master plans make
    • Marginalised communities
      Favelas are a particular kind of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Brazilian cities
    • Urban life
      The vast majority in Brazil’s poor communities are not involved in crime
    • Refugee camps
      Living conditions in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp are harsh and dangerous
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  • The forcefulness of political movements
    • Our view
      How political movements differ from formal organisations – and why non-violence often leads to success
    • Chile’s constitutional referendum
      Aiming for a more egalitarian society, Chileans will revise their constitution
    • Power struggle
      West Africa: Why President Ouattara’s election victory remains controversial
    • Algeria
      Why the constitutional referendum did not end Algeria’s political crisis
    • Police misconduct
      Why Nigeria’s government found itself forced to disband a notorious police in October
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  • Healthy diets
    • Our view
      In regard to healthy diets, all world regions need better education
    • Traditional crops
      In Malawi, Slow Food campaigners are promoting the cultivation of traditional crops – and not only for health reasons
    • Healthy nutrition
      Political will and raising public awareness are the basis for good nutrition
    • Lifestyles
      Healthier diets would help to control Brazil’s obesity epidemic
    • Food security
      In Zimbabwe, people increasingly worry not what, but whether they will eat tomorrow
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  • Sustainability and finance
    • Our view
      Why financial stability hinges on investors taking into account environmental and social impacts
    • Pandemic response
      To respond to a pandemic, sub-Saharan governments need more fiscal space
    • Public finance
      African governments must make economies more productive, gear them to sustainability and ensure their own financial viability
    • Sustainable finance
      Sustainable financing is a precondition for mobilising private capital
    • Entrepreneurship
      Entrepreneurs must consider their companies’ environmental and social impacts, but also ensure financial sustainability
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  • Understanding development
    • Our view
      To achieve the SDGs, humankind needs strong and competent institutions at national as well as supranational levels
    • International relations
      Why stereotyped ideas of developed and developing nations are not helpful
    • UNDP
      UNDP chief explains how the concepts of “human development” and “sustainable development” are converging
    • Global trends
      If Africa is not to fall behind further, the continent must develop fast
    • Sociology
      Why development requires functional differentiation and attention to the common good
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  • Traumatised nations
    • Our view
      Nations are nothing natural, but human-made “imagined communities”
    • International Criminal Court
      Demands for criminal accountability can be an obstacle to peace
    • Trauma
      An inadequate reckoning with the past is standing in the way of lasting peace in the DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi
    • Sexual violence
      Nepal must urgently reform its sexual violence laws
    • Land restitution
      To make amends for colonial-era crimes, Germany should fund Namibian land restitution
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  • Indispensable forests
    • Our view
      Deforestation continues on a global level although it is damaging to human interests in several ways
    • Populist governance
      Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro falsely says deforestation is not a problem
    • REDD+
      REDD+ money is reinvested in forest protection and sustainable land use
    • Africa
      Poverty is an important driver of deforestation in sub-Saharan countries
    • Nature conservation
      A private initiative is trying to rebuild endemic forest in Mauritius
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  • Chemicals management
    • Our view
      Only global cooperation can bring about sound chemicals management and sustainability
    • Health hazards
      Pakistan’s laws to control chemical pollution are hardly enforced
    • Environmental hazards
      Application of chemicals must become safer and more sustainable
    • Agriculture
      Africa is starting to catch up with other regions in regard to pest control
    • Serious health hazards
      Common consumer goods contain dangerous substances that are known to harm human health
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