Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places for women in the world. During the Taliban’s first rule from 1996 to 2001, the country became known for its degrading treatment of women. Since 2001, Afghanistan has made progress in gender equality, but major gaps remain. Although women’s...

Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2020, almost half of the population lived in poverty, and 19.1 million people were hungry. One in three children under the age of five is underdeveloped, and six in ten women experience physical and/or sexual violence in their...

The pandemic has led to a spike in implementing education technologies around the globe. Now the educational sector might finally catch up with technological advancements in other industries. Do new technologies in the area of learning have the potential to achieve a more equitable education...

The Venezuelan refugee crisis is one of the largest in the world. It is the most underfunded diaspora worldwide and stresses the already overstretched social protection systems in developing countries in the Latin American region. Colombia has been the main destination for many, but high poverty...

This article deals with the relationship between migration and deforestation. Based on the existing literature, it outlines how these factors can interact. It then illustrates these interactions using the example of three countries in South America that have experienced a particularly high...

What is the status quo of fairness in Europe? To answer this question, we have calculated multidimensional equality of opportunity in income, education, and health for 29 European countries in 2019. Our results show that inequalities of opportunity in education and health are lower than in...