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The Capacity4dev editorial team regularly publishes knowledge pieces on external cooperation (projects and policies), featuring development professionals sharing good practices, with operational insight.

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Environment day
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Voices & Views

This year’s theme for World Environment Day puts the focus on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience with the slogan “Our land. Our Future. We are #GenerationRestoration.” According to data from the...

Worldwide
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Civil Society
Climate change & disaster risks
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Environment & green economy
Governance & Corruption
Justice & rule of law
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Eradicating child labour in the food and fashion industries

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Voices & Views

An estimated 160 million children are engaged in child labour worldwide, the equivalent of 10% of the global child population. Of these, 70% are working in agriculture with a link to the fashion sector using goods to be exported...

Worldwide
Children and Youth
Employment & VET
Human Rights
Girl in Guinea

How gender mainstreaming can help fight female genital mutilation

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Voices & Views

While Guinea has made progress on gender equality, traditional norms have remained a barrier to women’s ability to express themselves. Establishing gender as a prerequisite to development in political dialogue could help move the...

Children and Youth
Gender
Human Rights

Cocoa, an unsavoury sweet? Workshop identifies best practices to eliminate child labour in cocoa production

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Voices & Views

In March, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) organised a workshop to assess progress and share practices and challenges to eradicating child labour from cocoa...

Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Children and Youth
Child labour
Youth employment, skills and entrepreneurship
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Employment & VET
Human Rights