Small Changes

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Why are there so few women in power? Nov 30, 2015

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In the Global development podcast this month, Liz Ford looks at the barriers to women reaching leadership positions, from discrimination to social conditioning, and speaks to organisations attempting to bridge the gender gap

Measuring up: how open data could spur drive to meet global goals Nov 04, 2015

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Mark Anderson reports from the Africa open data conference in Dar es Salaam, where delegates considered how innovative methods of collecting data could promote the new sustainable development agenda

Can Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay make the global goals famous? Oct 05, 2015

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Kary Stewart reports from the UN summit in New York, where everyone from Ban Ki-moon to Beyoncé gathered to celebrate the adoption of the goals that will shape development for the next 15 years

Africa's children: 10 years on Aug 31, 2015

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In 2005, the Guardian featured 10 newborns in countries across Africa. Five years later, we returned to talk to them and their parents. Now we return to catch up with their lives and hear about the opportunities and challenges they face

Counting the cost of the Boko Haram crisis Jul 30, 2015

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Attacks by Boko Haram in south-east Niger have created a humanitarian crisis. Lucy Lamble visited the country’s Diffa region to speak to people displaced by the violence and investigate relief efforts

Financing the sustainable development goals Jun 23, 2015

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This July, Addis Ababa in Ethiopia hosts the UN’s Financing for Development conference, where member states will discuss how to pay for the ambitious plans laid out in the sustainable development goals

What causes conflict and how can it be resolved? May 20, 2015

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From the ready availability of weapons to the marginalisation of women, many factors can push a population towards conflict