D+C Development and Cooperation

02/07/2025

Many agree that the international financial architecture needs to be reformed.

International experts, mainly from the Global South, have given this some thought – and are providing specific proposals for solutions. 👇

There is widespread agreement that the international financial architecture needs to be reformed. International experts, mainly from the Global South, have given this some thought – and are providing specific proposals for solutions.

01/07/2025

There was a time when the climate crisis was making headlines. But it seems to have largely vanished from general public attention.

Why? That's what we set out to investigate with our recent Monthly. Find it via the links below.

🇩🇪: http://spkl.io/6180ABNbw
🇬🇧: http://spkl.io/6181ABNbb

01/07/2025

Africa is being treated unfairly in the global financial system, says Africa Kiiza, economic justice advisor at Christian Aid. Here's what that looks like. 👇

With the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) on its way, the call for reform of the global financial architecture is more urgent than ever – especially for Africa, which remains structurally disadvantaged within a system established decades ago without its participa...

30/06/2025

🤝 Deep dives, good news, grants & fellowships: Stay tuned in global development affairs with our newsletter. Subscribe here. 👉http://spkl.io/6184fC7i2

30/06/2025

🇿🇼 Incentives can boost an industry: Here's what Zimbabwe does for electric vehicles. 👇

Zimbabwe pushes towards more electric vehicles by reducing import taxes and making use of local lithium reserves for batteries – but infrastructure and energy challenges persist.

29/06/2025

✍️ is about quality education.

🎓 How are we doing on the UN target worldwide?

We have collected our most important contributions on this topic in our overview on education 👉 http://spkl.io/6187fvOVb

29/06/2025

🇮🇳 One of the most viewed items on our website recently: For more than 50 years, the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India is a successful union for female informal workers. 💪

A union for informal workers – how does that work? An Indian women’s movement has the answer: For more than 50 years, the members of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) have been supporting each other and fighting for better working conditions.

28/06/2025

🚺 In many countries worldwide, women are facing discriminating laws. Still.

❌ They have fewer opportunities to develop and receive less pay for the same work.

🤝 We collected all our articles on how women fare around the world for you to dive in. 👉 http://spkl.io/6182ffvsk

28/06/2025

🏗️ 💼 One of the most viewed items on our website recently: Facts and figures about today's working world.

Legislation, social security, informal employment and migration: key facts and figures on labour and employment.

27/06/2025

🇮🇳 Although illegal, manual scavenging persists across India, exposing oppressed caste workers to life-threatening conditions. The practice highlights systemic discrimination:

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27/06/2025

🎓 One of the most viewed items on our website recently: Julia is a teacher in Kakuma, one of the largest refugee camps in the world, located in northern Kenya. She grew up there herself.

Julia is a teacher in Kakuma, one of the largest refugee camps in the world, located in northern Kenya. The South Sudanese grew up in the camp herself. Now she works in overcrowded classrooms with poor pay and without formal labour protection from authorities such as the Teachers Service Commission ...

26/06/2025

🇸🇩 What is happening in Sudan was predictable and preventable, write Corina Pfitzner and Eatizaz Yousif of IRC:

https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/sudan-was-once-breadbasket-africa-today-country-embroiled-seemingly-endless-war-famine-and