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IT industry

New 29/09/2022 – by Eyram Tawia; Sabine Balk

Fighting Coronavirus with a computer game

Ghanaian computer game developer Eyram Tawia on Covid-19 impacts on his business

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Green transformation

New 27/09/2022 – by Andreas Burger

Crisis as an opportunity

Crises like the Covid-19 pandemic offer opportunities for eco-friendly stimulus programmes

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Sustainable development

New 25/09/2022 – by Svenja Schulze

The future of the planet is on the line

Sustainable development includes progess for people, climate protection and biodiversity, insists German minister

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Sustainable development

New 20/09/2022 – by Manzur Kadir Ahmed, Hans Dembowski

Bengali doctor says pandemic proved validity of SDG agenda

Covid-19 caused hardship in Bangladesh, but proved less devastating than initially feared

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Poverty

New 18/09/2022 – by Mahwish Gul

School closures in pandemic showed multidimensional poverty

UNICEF reckons that one third of the world’s schoolchildren did not get formal lessons because of Covid-19

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Diverse society

09/09/2022 – by Roger Southall

White South Africans generally accept majority rule today

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

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Informal sector

07/09/2022 – by Marva Khan

Undocumented job is best opportunity many Pakistanis get

In Pakistan, the informal sector accounts for 75 % to the workforce and one third of GDP

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Rule of law

06/09/2022 – by Jane Escher

Covid-19 and human rights

Covid-19 measures endanger the human rights of prisoners, says a report from the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)

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Women’s rights

04/09/2022 – by Glory Makena, Brianna Guidorzi

Partnering with women’s groups can curb gender violence

Local women’s rights groups are often overlooked when global aid organisations plan responses to humanitarian crises. This should change

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Sports

01/09/2022 – by Friedhelm Julius Beucher, Jörg Döbereiner

“Disabled sports are indispensable”

The president of the German Disabled Sports Association speaks in an interview about the importance of sports and international cooperation

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International trade

31/08/2022 – by Alphonce Shiundu, Hans Dembowski

The WTO has not collapsed, but it does look shaky

The big promises of the Doha Development Round did not come true

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