Bern, 10.08.2018 – Less violence, higher incomes, more participation: two studies show how the SDC is effectively promoting equality for women and girls.
Locarno, 05.08.2018 – After four years, the Democracy Without Borders initiative concludes at the Locarno Festival with the screening of the Afghan film ‘Laila at the Bridge’.
Bern, 29.06.2018 – The sustainable development of urban and rural areas in Africa at the heart of the Annual Swiss Cooperation Conference. Speech Ignazio Cassis
This short video provides a vivid account of what good governance means and what the SDC is doing in its partner countries to improve the prospects of the people living there.
There are more refugees now than at any time since the Second World War. Switzerland is committed at several levels to protecting refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants.
Gender equality, respect for women's and girls' rights, and the prohibition of all forms of gender-based discrimination are fundamental values for Swtizerland.
The principles, tasks, objectives and focus of Switzerland’s international cooperation are set out in the Federal Council’s 2017–2020 Dispatch to Parliament.
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