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Goal 18
Agenda 2063

Engaged and Empowered Youth and Children

Empower youth and protect children's rights and development

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

Priority Areas

  • •Youth Empowerment and Children

Key Strategies

  • •Create youth employment opportunities
  • •Invest in youth education
  • •Protect children's rights
  • •Support youth entrepreneurship

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 18.

Published UCU article evidence for Goal 18

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

Education: 6Health: 5Agriculture: 1ICT & Innovation: 1

Agriculture

Pastoralists’ use of mobile phones for livestock management in Karamoja, Uganda

Shows how mobile technology can improve livestock management, resilience, rural productivity, and information access in pastoral communities.

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

Exploring Handwashing Practices and Awareness Among Primary School Children in Karongi District, Rwanda

Connects school health, sanitation behaviour, child wellbeing, and practical WASH education.

Education

Bridging Motivational Gaps: A Framework Tailored to Teacher Training Institutions in Eastern Uganda

Supports teacher preparation, motivation, and quality education capacity in Uganda’s human-capital pipeline.

Education

Teachers’ Autonomy in Adapting Pedagogical Practices for Effective Implementation of the Secondary School Competency-Based Curriculum in Uganda

Contributes evidence for curriculum implementation, teacher agency, and competency-based learning.

Indexed UCU research

Research aligned with Agenda 2063 Goal 18

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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OpenAlex data is cached for 15 minutes and backed by the scheduled institutional snapshot. A work can match multiple goals. Citations are indexed counts, not a measure of policy impact.