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Sex education
Luther Dennis Nii Antieyie Addy

“More than family planning”

In Ghana, young volunteers from Accra are trained to educate village youths on sexual and reproductive health issues

Fatherhood
Sonwabiso Ngcowa

Missing role model

Too many children grow up without a father assuming responsibility for parenting in South Africa

Planned parenthood
Hedwig Diekwisch

E-learning to improve counselling

New E-learning course for contraceptive counsellors

Bizarre kind of sex tourism
Nilanjana Ray

Short-term relationship

In the Indian city of Hyderabad, “sheikh marriages” are never meant to last

Harmful tradition
Nilanjana Ray

“Amount given to the groom”

The dowry tradition is a curse on South Asian women

Child marriage
Angelina Henrich
Moses Ntenga

Result of poverty

The fate of a Ugandan girl being married at the age of 15

Teenage pregnancies
Humphrey Nkonde

Schoolgirl mothers

In Zambia, too many schoolgirls get pregnant

HIV/AIDS
Theresa Krinninger

Halfway there

UNAIDS reports major success in global fight against HIV/AIDS and wants to stop epidemic by 2030

Social security
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

African pension patterns

World Bank study assesses old-age protection in sub-Saharan Africa

Comment
Cadima Tania

Women’s lost right

Another setback for Chile’s women’s fight for the right to therapeutic abortion

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
When a relatively strong African country is struggling on all fronts
When qualifications don’t decide your career
Whose development?

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Defending the progress made
Pakistan’s politically assertive women
Consequences of cyclone Freddy
Jobless due to epilepsy
Why ODA is better than its reputation in donor countries

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Chinese funded steel mill displaces locals in Zimbabwe
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Chinese funded steel mill displaces locals in Zimbabwe
India’s tiny plutocratic elite is growing fast
From colonial division to bloody conflict
BRICS-members are not coordinating their West-Africa strategies
Defending the progress made