Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

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  • SDG Ziel 12: Nachhaltige/r Konsum und Produktion
    SDG Ziel 17: Partnerschaften zur Erreichung der Ziele
    SDG Ziel 8: Menschenwürdige Arbeit und Wirtschaftswachstum
    Teaser photo of the infographic on fair trade
    © Alumniportal Deutschland
    © Alumniportal Deutschland

    Fair Trade

    Infographic

    Fair Trade is a development policy movement that has been fighting injustices in world trade for more than 50 years - in Germany and worldwide. This infographic deals with the goals and different approaches of fair trade and also explains how to recognize fair trade products.

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  • Scene from the play "Beyond caring": The cleaners talk to each other
    Beyond Caring by Alexander Zeldin, Director: Alexander Zeldin, Schaubühne, Photo© Gianmarco Bresadola
    Beyond Caring by Alexander Zeldin, Director: Alexander Zeldin, Schaubühne, Photo © Gianmarco Bresadola

    SDG 8 - Play about degrading work

    The play "Beyond Caring" shows the everyday life of cleaning staff and addresses inhumane working conditions.

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  • Agenda 2030
    SDG Ziel 5: Geschlechtergleichheit
    SDG Ziel 8: Menschenwürdige Arbeit und Wirtschaftswachstum
    An African woman with a colorful headscarf dries coffee beans in the sun
    Sun drying of coffee beans© Denyse K. Uwera
    Sun drying of coffee beans © Denyse K. Uwera

    Sustainable coffee made by empowered women

    From cultivation to roasting and packaging: the multiple award-winning Rwandan speciality coffee Angelique’s Finest is produced exclusively by women. The co-founder of the Fairtrade project is Allan Mubiru, alumnus of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s International Climate Protection Fellowship. In order to launch the product in 2018, the economist and climate finance expert launched a successful crowdfunding campaign.

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  • Agenda 2030
    SDG Ziel 8: Menschenwürdige Arbeit und Wirtschaftswachstum
    Top view group of people forming a growth chart
    Top view group of people forming a growth chart© Getty Images/Orbon Alija
    Top view group of people forming a growth chart © Getty Images/Orbon Alija

    Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

    1014 spoke with Zakia Moulaoui Guery, founder of Invisible Cities, and Alice Sparks who runs their Manchester branch. Invisible Cities, an organization based in the UK, is a social enterprise which strives to empower people who have lived on the streets with tour guide jobs.

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  • SDG Ziel 1: Keine Armut
    SDG Ziel 10: Weniger Ungleichheiten
    SDG Ziel 4: Hochwertige Bildung
    SDG Ziel 8: Menschenwürdige Arbeit und Wirtschaftswachstum
    Germany-Alumna Auma Obama at the opening of the new Sauti Kuu Foundation Sports-, Resources- and Education Centre in Kenya in summer 2018
    © Andi Buchner
    © Andi Buchner

    Auma Obama: “It’s up to each individual to improve his or her own life”

    Through her Sauti Kuu Foundation, Auma Obama is supporting children and young people in her native Kenya. The Germany-Alumna is convinced that, with the right support, everyone can take control of their own lives.

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“We can be the first generation that ends poverty and the last that avoids the worst effects of climate change.”

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General from 2007 to 201

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