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Goal 17
Agenda 2063

Full Gender Equality in All Spheres of Life

Achieve gender equality and women's empowerment

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Aspiration

An Africa Whose Development is people driven, relying on the potential of its Women and Youth

Gender equality, youth empowerment, and people-centred development

Related SDGs

SDG 3: Health & Well-beingSDG 4: Quality EducationSDG 5: Gender EqualitySDG 8: Decent WorkSDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

Priority Areas

  • •Women and Girls Empowerment
  • •Violence & Discrimination against Women and Girls

Key Strategies

  • •Promote women's leadership
  • •End gender-based violence
  • •Ensure equal opportunity
  • •Protect women's rights

UCU, UCU Libraries & Archives: where we fit

UCU advances Agenda 2063 through education, research, and ethical leadership, while UCU Libraries and Archives provide the knowledge infrastructure and preservation services that enable evidence-based development and long-term learning.

Uganda Christian University

  • • Builds skilled graduates and principled leaders
  • • Generates applied research and innovation
  • • Partners for community impact and inclusive service delivery

UCU Libraries & Archives

  • • Enables access to scholarly and policy resources
  • • Strengthens information literacy and research skills
  • • Preserves records and heritage for accountability and continuity
Practical impact: students and researchers use library resources and archives to produce evidence, publish work, support policy, and design interventions aligned to Goal 17.

Published UCU article evidence for Goal 17

The records below show how UCU scholarship contributes to this Agenda 2063 goal through practical, policy-relevant, and community-facing evidence.

Health: 6Education: 1

Health

Barriers to access and utilization of health services among marginalized communities in sub-Saharan African countries: Scoping review

Identifies obstacles that limit health access for vulnerable groups and helps inform equitable health service delivery.

Health

Investing in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health in Uganda

Supports evidence-based investment in maternal, child, adolescent, and reproductive health outcomes.

Health

Determinants of sexually transmitted infections among adolescent girls and young women in artisanal and small-scale mining communities of Uganda

Links public health, gender, youth protection, and mining-community vulnerability to targeted service delivery.

Health

Quantitative expression of estrogen, progesterone and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 and their correlation with immunohistochemistry in breast cancer at Uganda Cancer Institute

Contributes cancer research evidence relevant to diagnostics, women’s health, and specialised clinical knowledge.

Education

The ‘Self’ of Hearing-Impaired Learners and their Transition from Primary to Post-Primary Education in Uganda

Advances inclusive education evidence for learners with disabilities and transition support.

Health

Factors Influencing Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Information among Adolescents Aged 12-19 Years in Mukono Municipality Schools

Provides local evidence for adolescent health information access, school health, gender equity, and youth wellbeing.

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Indexed UCU research

Research aligned with Agenda 2063 Goal 17

These are works OpenAlex links to Uganda Christian University and tags with SDGs that this website maps to the goal. This is a transparent thematic crosswalk, not an official NDP or African Union classification or evidence that a policy outcome was achieved.

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