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Environmental law
Suparna Banerjee
Suparna Banerjee

Humankind needs more stringent environmental regulations

Online courses on the UNEP website help to get a deeper understanding of international law

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Government criticism
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Protection for protesters by anonymity of the internet

Fearing life-threatening violence, demonstrators go online with their protest against the government in Zimbabwe

Empowerment
Connie Nagiah
Margaret Mapondera

Women take on environmentally destructive ‘development’ projects

The African civil-society organisation WoMin mobilises women to resist land grabbing and environmental destruction

Human rights
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Abolishing the death penalty

Fulfilling a pledge made while campaigning for office, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema abolished the nation’s death penalty on December 2022

Middle East
D+C / E+Z

Jewish voices assess Israel’s current crisis

Netanyahu’s right-wing government is facing unprecedented protests

Global governance
Roli Mahajan
Roli Mahajan

Global decline in human development

The latest Human Development Report warns that in 2020 and 2021, progress made towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been reversed

Letter to the editor
Artur Behr

Agrarian traditions exploited

A reader’s response to the editorial comment in the November issue of our Digital Monthly

Ground-breaking lawsuit
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Andes farmer takes on conglomerate

In Peru, a farmer is calling on a German company to take responsibility for glacier melt in a ground-breaking lawsuit

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Girl's education
Rukamanee Maharjan

Nepalese girls still don’t have equal educational opportunities

The lives of young women in Nepal are determined by traditions and taboos, even though the constitution guarantees them equal rights

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Refugee children
Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar

There are very few educational opportunities for refugees in Lebanon

Over ten years after the start of the war, the educational situation of Syrian children and youth in Lebanon remains disastrous

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Poverty Reduction

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

Overwhelming health challenges
Digitalisation requires private dynamism and prudent regulation
SDG financing: how billions become trillions
Communal meals unite rich and poor
Biden’s interesting choice for the World Bank’s top job

Gender Equality

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

Women take on environmentally destructive ‘development’ projects
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Climate justice requires gender justice
What keeps girls out of school
Vocational education for girls in Uganda

Governance

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

High tech failed to make Nigeria’s presidential election transparent
Join us to discuss global development
Digitalisation requires private dynamism and prudent regulation
Humankind needs more stringent environmental regulations
Protection for protesters by anonymity of the internet

Sustainability

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

High tech failed to make Nigeria’s presidential election transparent
Join us to discuss global development
Digitalisation requires private dynamism and prudent regulation
Humankind needs more stringent environmental regulations
Protection for protesters by anonymity of the internet