Under certain conditions, falling birth rates can produce a “demographic dividend”, for example in sub-Saharan Africa

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

Zimbabwe’s ruling party still uses aggressive identity politics to stay in power

Economic downturns hit women and girls harder – for example in Pakistan

Brutal repression is not deterring people from expressing their discontent with Tehran’s fundamentalist regime

After the Corona pandemic, underfunded schools in Guatemala struggle to operate due to Covid-19 procedures and students deficits

In Malawi child labour is very common, but there are initiatives to change matters

Women demanding personal freedom are leading uprising against Ayatollah regime

Svenja Schulze on how the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development will promote women’s rights

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