Social development

Education is a powerful driver of development. We promote formal and informal education in preschool, basic education and university education. To make optimal use of the potential of young people, we develop concepts for economic and social integration and empowerment of youth.

  • James Macbeth Forbes
    ‘For girls and women, not against men’
    James Macbeth Forbes, GIZ Country Director in Uganda, explains why feminist development policy is important for everyone.
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  • Sanitation for Million
    ‘Safe menstrual hygiene is linked to educational opportunities’
    Cleophas Mugenyi and Angella Nansubuga from Uganda’s Ministry of Education and Sports talk about hygiene education, stigmas and the role played by the Sanitation for Millions programme.
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  • A school in northern Ugand
    Talking about the most natural thing in the world
    A school in northern Uganda demonstrates how to break taboos and address the subject of menstruation.
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  • Supercrops
    Food and nutrition: diversity on a plate
    To combat hunger in the face of climate change, researchers are focusing on new and newly discovered resilient crops. We take a look at five of these ‘supercrops’.
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  • Making digitalisation human-centric and fair
    Making digitalisation human-centric and fair
    Why GIZ is championing free online systems. By Björn Richter, Digital Transformation Cluster Coordinator
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  • ‘Digitalisation as an opportunity to overcome differences instead of deepening divisions’
    Food security is under pressure worldwide. GIZ expert Diana Diekjürgen explains the role that digitalisation could play for food security in the future.
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  • GIZ in transition
    GIZ has undergone massive changes and evolved beyond recognition since the merger of GTZ, InWEnt and DED in 2011. It has grown in size and become more diverse.
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  • ‘Climate is at the heart of development policy’
    Svenja Schulze is new to the German Development Ministry but not to Government. Her priorities are climate, poverty, gender, health and crisis prevention. In an interview, she discusses German development policy in flux.
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  • Girl power on a surfboard
    Our spotlight on social cohesion is dedicated to the integrative power of sport.
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