https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14680181251394501
Author: Gabriele Koehler
The 2nd World Summit for Social Development
Global society is riven by deep inequalities – political, social, economic, ecological, technological. The inequalities are deepened by produced divisions around economic and political status, genders, ethnicity, indigeneity, caste, faith, and location, to name just a few. There are more simultaneous deadly aggressions in the form of international and civil wars, and persistent persecution of…
Read MoreThe 2nd World Summit for Social Development
From November 4 to 6, 2025, the second United Nations World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2) will take place in Doha, Qatar. The summit aims to bring social development back into the spotlight of international cooperation. Among other things, the goal is to revitalize global efforts to combat poverty, overcome inequalities, promote gender equality, and…
Read MoreTropenmedizin
Ein neues Handbuch zur Tropenmedizin – wobei dieser Begriff in den Aufsätzen auch hinterfragt wird – thematisiert klinische Krankheiten und Reisemedizin, aber auch Mental Health, Gesundheitsökononomie in einkommensarmen Ländern, Frauen- und Müttermedizin, Medizinanthropologie des Globalen Südens, Klimawandel und Gesundheit, Migrationsmedizin, und globale soziale Transformationen. Der Beitrag von Günter Fröschl und Gabriele Köhler behandelt Grundlagen der…
Read MoreComments on The Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality
As children and young people are murdered, on a daily basis, in Gaza, Myanmar, Nepal, Sudan and many other countries, does it even make sense to do research? What effect can this have? The purpose of committed research course is to document inequities, uncover and analyse systemic issues, chart existing policies and their impact, and…
Read MoreThe Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality
The Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality addresses the many forms of child poverty, economic, social and political exclusions and how to measure them https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/book/9781802200430/9781802200430.xml. See my comments here.
Global Social Policy Forum
The world is awash with money but wealth is highly concentrated while economic poverty is rampant. One way to address this social injustice is to redistribute through progressive taxation and to universalize social protection. On this, see a riveting Global Social Policy Forum on thinking afresh. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14680181241290162?icid=int.sj-full-text.similar-articles Wonderful to join Nicola Yeates, Roosa Lambin, Nabila…
Read MoreThe big disconnect
We note a disconcerting disconnect at the annual SDG meet at the UN between what governments say in New York and that they do at home. The German government is a prime example. Its 2025 SDG report is good, covers many themes and is honest on shortcomings (it was actually penned by the preceding government…
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UN social summits as Global Social Policy?
In 2025, multilateralism is under great pressure. Many United Nations (UN) member states violate the binding principles of the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, often only superficially commit to non-binding declarations such as the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development or the Paris Agreement, and are delaying or even cutting funding…
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