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Women account for the lion’s share of economic output in developing countries; the SPD wants to step up support for them. Garment workers in Bangladesh.

SPD

Focus on poverty reduction

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by Stefan Rebmann
Financial services matter: Fidelis, the Ghanain retail bank, is a partner of DEG, the German development finance instituion

CDU/CSU

Making a difference

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by Sibylle Pfeiffer

Playing with fire in Nairobi

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by Hans Dembowski

Minorities

Saying "sorry" is not enough

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by Javier A. Cisterna Figueroa

Ecosystems

Himalayan tsunamis

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar
Chola Tsho Lake, Himalaya, Nepal.

Water scarcity

Thawing glaciers

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Financing

Is microcredit a debt trap?

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by Oliver Schmidt
Empowering people to plan their families.

Human rights

Make contraceptives available

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by Eric Wakabi
by Joan Esther Kilande
Teenagers should go to school, not be parents: school girls in Nigeria’s Kano state.

Youth

The fates of two teenage mothers

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by Damilola Oyedele
Contraceptive advice given at an Aids clinic in Lagos.

Sex education

Face the truth

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by Damilola Oyedele
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