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Gender equality

How a transgender tobacco farmer in Zimbabwe is fighting for dignity

In a country where queer people face exclusion, formal agriculture offers rare stability. Yet significant risks remain.

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by Lungelo Ndhlovu

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Beneficiaries of India’s MGNREGA, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

Social protection

How social-protection systems matter in the climate crisis

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by Stefan Beierl

Traditions

Poverty and cultural norms push youngsters to get married

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
Villager in a maize crop field damaged by drought in Kenya, March 2022.

Our view

There is no excuse for lacking action anymore

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by Hans Dembowski
Textile Partnership Members' Meeting in 2016 with the then Federal Development Minister Gerd Müller (second from right).

Supply chains

Multi-stakeholder initiative held back by industry lobbies

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by Gisela Burckhardt
Bags bearing the Green Button label.

Human rights

Sustainability certifications: stricter criteria needed

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by Gisela Burckhardt
Helicopter on a luxury boat during the Monaco Yacht Show in 2018.

Relevant reading

American journalist sheds light on plutocrats’ anxieties

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by Hans Dembowski
Staff of agricultural insurer Pula update details of a farmer in Kenya, 2021.

Digitalisation

Marketing digital microinsurance

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by Dirk Reinhard
Farmers need protection against climate risks: Harvesting rice in Bangladesh.

Finance

Inclusive insurance for everyone

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by Dirk Reinhard
A pastoralist stands among goats and sheep that presumably died of exposure to extreme weather in Kenya, 2022.

Informal sector

Social protection for everyone

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by Markus Loewe
Markus Loewe
Garment workers in a factory in Dhaka.

Garments production

Clothing must get more value again

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk