Lack of IT skills is one reason why young people are prevented from entering the labor market. Photo: Musa Musa
Of: Jasmine Ashne
The number of university students is breaking records in Tanzania, but the educations do not live up to the demands of the labor market. Young women in particular are affected when employers demand practical knowledge that is not part of their education. The development magazine has talked to Andrew Mwakalebela who works to try to bridge the distance between students and the labor market.
March 25, 2021, Interview
Joachim Beijmo, Head of Development Aid at the Swedish Embassy in Kinshasa.
Of: Anna Mattsson
Sweden is one of the world's largest donors to the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, the high level of corruption in the country affects development cooperation. Utvecklingsmagasinet has interviewed Joachim Beijmo, head of development assistance at the Swedish embassy in Kinshasa.
February 11, 2021, Interview
Kunal Anerao stands in a circle of students from Parsharam Wadi School, a school outside the town of Devrukh in the Indian countryside. Photo: Frida Viklund Rundgren
Of: Frida Viklund Rundgren
Covid-19 poses new challenges for the Indian environmental organization Srushtidnyan, whose school project has been allowed to continue online. Environmental work with farmers has stopped, but the organization hopes for an increased interest in organic farming methods when migrant workers return to their home villages to invest in agriculture. Positive changes can also be seen when the government has opened up for increased cooperation with civil society organizations in vulnerable areas.
February 11, 2021, Interview
The Tunisian administration needs to increase dialogue with civil society and business, says Anna Block Mazoyer. Photo: European Parliament, Flickr.com
Of: Ismail Bazine and Miguel Largo Vergara
The economic development in Tunisia has not gone as desired since the Jasmine Revolution in 2011. A decade later, Tunisia's streets and squares are once again filled with protesters begging for better living conditions. A free trade agreement with the EU could create prosperity in Tunisia, despite this, there is a great deal of suspicion within the country's civil society. The Swedish ambassador, Anna Block Mozayer, discusses this and the significance, opportunities and challenges of the free trade agreement.
January 26, 2021, Interview
In January 2021, an international agreement enters into force that bans nuclear weapons under international law. Photo: Tim Wright. Flickr.com.
Of: Amanda Lindell
On January 22, 2021, nuclear weapons may be banned. That after Honduras became the 50th state to adopt the UN Nuclear Weapons Convention. All nuclear weapons states have boycotted the agreement, but Svenska Fred's chairman Agnes Hellström believes that the agreement will still have major effects.
January 19, 2021, Interview
Sweden will focus a lot on gender equality issues during the year as chair of the OSCE. Photo: Kaihsu Tai
Of: Sofia Kliukina
In 2021, Sweden will chair the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Utvecklingsmagasinet has interviewed Tove Wennergren, communications manager for Sweden's OSCE Secretariat for the Presidency 2021, about which perspectives Sweden can contribute.
January 11, 2021, Interview
Tony Clark, The CEO of Waste Sweden. Photo: Waste Sweden.
Of: Maria Malmsten
Sustainable waste management is key to reaching many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Well planned waste management aims to reduce, reuse and recycle waste. I interviewed Tony Clark, CEO of Avfall Sverige, to discuss how to make waste management more sustainable.
December 29, 2020, Paper, English, Interview, Magazine
Morten Kjaerum, Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights (“Photo: FUF Lund / RWI Lund”)
Of: Chiara D'Agni and Yi-Chia Chen
Human rights cities, as Lund, is a new phenomenon and according to a recent report by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) they can better contribute to the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). FUF Magazine has interviewed the Director of the RWI, Morten Kjaerum, to talk about SDGs and human rights cities.
December 21, 2020, Paper, English, Interview, Magazine
Christine Wamsler, Professor at LUCSUS (Lund University Center for Sustainability Studies in Sweden). Photo: Christine Wamsler
Of: Emily Elderfield and Larissa Lachmann
Professor Christine Wamsler's research includes the role of mindset in tackling sustainability issues, and how individuals and cities can better respond to challenges of the climate crisis. We spoke to her about scales of sustainability, questioned whether the SDGs are integrated enough, and explored the role of education and communication strategies on sustainability.
December 17, 2020, Paper, English, Interview, Magazine
Gibraltar is a British territory located in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Strait of Gibraltar. Photo: Canva.com.
Of: Markus Barnevik Olsson
Despite the Brexit chaos and political uncertainty, the small British enclave of Gibraltar in southern Spain is investing in delivering a generous climate policy. "We have reduced our emissions and expanded green areas. The goal is to have 20 percent renewable energy supply by the end of the year," said John Cortes, Minister of the Environment and Sustainability.
December 11, 2020, Interview
