The Mekong riverbank gardening is a critical part of local livelihoods. It supports riverine communities through vital food production and additional income generation. However, changes to the river’s ecosystems threaten these ways of life. 

Civil society in Azerbaijan and Georgia is under profound pressure from authoritarian restrictions and declining Western aid, leaving many NGOs in dormancy. Their resilience hinges on transforming organizational behaviors and resource considerations.

The ELSA study on unwanted pregnancies commissioned by Jens Spahn contradicts the political intentions of the former Health Minister: the problems it identifies arise not from the procedure itself but from its illegality and the stigmatisation this creates.