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Agroecology: Our Roots of Change

Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a powerful response to today’s interlinked crises - environmental degradation, climate change, and deepening social inequalities. This dossier explores how agroecology redefines food systems and promotes people’s agency.

Rare earth mining in Hpyi Di Village near Mai Ja Yang town, Kachin State, Myanmar

Fractured Authority and Resource Politics in Myanmar: New Report on Rare Earth Mining

Study

The mining of rare earths is not just about international raw materials policy, as a new study from Myanmar shows. It is also about environmental justice, local governance and the future of the civil war-torn country.

By Shanan Foundation

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How Anti-LGBTQ+ Ideas Help the Georgian Dream Consolidate Power

Analysis

Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has been a central element of the Georgian Dream’s anti-democratic turn towards the far right. How do anti-LGBTQ+ statements and policies help GD expand its grip on power, and why does this strategy work?

By Tamta Gelashvili

Events

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April

US Briefings: Trump’s attack on science and education

Online event Tuesday, 29. April 2025

Livestream
13

May

Countering Disinformation: The role and responsibility of independent journalism

Event Tuesday, 13. May 2025 in Berlin

World Press Freedom Day 2025
Livestream
26

May

Berlin Forum on Global Cooperation 2025

Conference Monday, 26. May 2025 in Berlin

From Disruption to Transformation
Livestream
27

May

The Self-deception Trap

Book presentation and discussion Tuesday, 27. May 2025 in Berlin

On dependencies and the vision of equal partnership

Regions

USAID-Administratorin Samantha Power und der kambodschanische Premierminister Hun Manet sitzen auf goldenen Sesseln. Im Hintergrund sind vielen Flaggen.

Cambodia Seeks Balance Between China and USA Under Trump 2.0

Background

Cambodia must choose its course wisely between China and the USA. The second Trump administration will redefine its diplomatic relations with Cambodia - but destroyed a lot of trust right from the start.

By Dr. Heike Löschmann

Zwei Frauen auf dem brasilianischen Agrarökologie-Kongress, Rio de Janeiro November 2023.

Without Feminism, There is no Agroecology

Background

It is impossible to imagine a just, sustainable, and diverse future that does not include women, and especially rural women, as they are the ones leading the transformation of the agrifood system in Latin America.

All Regions

This research seeks to break the silence surrounding sexual consent, particularly in a culture where women are pressured to remain virgins until marriage and are frequently blamed when they fall victims of sexual violence.

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Diaspora

Booklet

This is a booklet about Nepali women diaspora produced by The Feminism Project Nepal and the Alliance Française de Katmandou (AFK). It contains eleven testimonies showing Nepali diaspora women's difficulties in coping with their multicultural backgrounds.

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Testing the fault lines

Study

Election-related disinformation is reshaping democracies across Africa. This study examines how fake content spread during elections in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal fuels distrust, exploits divisions, and skews public perception.

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Plastic Atlas

Agriculture Atlas 2019

The Ocean Atlas

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Publication Series

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All Issues of Perspectives Africa

All Issues of Perspectives Latin America (Spanish)

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All Issues of Perspectives Southeastern Europe

All Issues of Perspectives Middle East & North Africa

Portals & Institutes

Go to GreenCampus

GreenCampus is our further education academy with offers in political management, personnel development as well as gender and diversity management.

Go to Heimatkunde

Heimatkunde is the migration policy portal of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

Go to the GWI

The Gunda Werner Institute at the Heinrich Böll Foundation (GWI) pools gender policy and feminist topics.

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We declare our full solidarity with Ukraine. We stand by the side of our Ukrainian partners and colleagues and, at the same time, by the side of our partners in Russian civil society who are beset by harsh repression.

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