SDG 5: Gender Equality

By 2030, all forms of discrimination against women and girls everywhere should be ended. Instead, women and girls should have equal opportunities to participate in political, economic and public life.

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Schwarz-weißes, digital gezeichnetes Porträt einer Frau mit langen, dunklen Haaren und Ohrringen vor einem türkisfarbenen Aquarellhintergrund mit schwarzem Rollkragenpullover
Three questions

‘We need a seat at the table – not next to it’

Anila Noor is the spokesperson of a network for refugee women and LBTIQ+ individuals. With GIZ support, the network empowers women who have been forcibly displaced to connect with each other and shape political processes directly.
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Schwarz-weiße Zeichnung eines Mannes mit lockigem Haar und kariertem Hemd vor hellblauem Hintergrund.
Three questions

‘Creating sustainable jobs with purpose: balancing profit and impact’

Kaleab Getaneh Zewelde is the co-founder and CEO of Mela for Her. The Ethiopian company for reusable menstrual products not only stands for sustainable goods with a social impact, it also offers attractive employment opportunities for women.

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Gezeichnetes Porträt einer Frau mit langen dunklen Haaren und Hemd vor einem strukturierten türkisblauen Hintergrund.
Three questions

‘Being a park ranger is a dream job for many of us’

Laura Díaz is one of 105 women park rangers in Costa Rica’s conservation areas. Women are still outnumbered as rangers. Yet Costa Rica is employing more and more women rangers in biodiversity protection and climate action.
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Report

AI for climate resilience meets local know-how

A visit to remote islands in the Indonesian archipelago, where artificial intelligence experts are working with coastal communities to strengthen climate resilience and build digital expertise. GIZ is supporting this special initiative.
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Sara Nuru
Interview

‘Every woman has the right to a self-determined life’

Sara Nuru rose to fame as a winner of Germany’s Next Top Model. She is now a successful entrepreneur, supporting women in Ethiopia. In 2018, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) appointed Sara Nuru as an ambassador for fair trade. In this interview for akzente, she reports on how her own association, nuruWomen, is supporting economic independence for women.

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Hello from Kyiv

My name is Maksym Vernyhora and I am working on a GIZ mental health project in Ukraine.
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Agenda 2030

Nothing less than the ‘transformation of our world’ is at the centre of the 2030 Agenda. Economic progress worldwide should be in harmony with social justice and the protection of natural resources.

Since its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Climate Agreement, has been the guiding principle of German development cooperation and the overarching framework to which GIZ aligns its work.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations

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