Reduce inequality within and among countries.
Empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status. Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome. Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people. Encourage official development assistance to States where the need is greatest.
To learn more: The Sustainable Development Goals explained by the UN
Projects of the UB Solidarity Foundation that contribute to this SDG:
UB Support program for refugees
The granting of scholarships to refugees contributes to goals 10.2, 10.3 and, especially, 10.7, aimed at facilitating orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people.
Social and educational intervention in Nou Barris & the Besòs area
Social housing management program and dynamization of the cultural and associative life of the neighborhoods. It contributes to goals 10.2 (empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all) and 10.3 (ensure equal opportunities).
Prometeus Project
The UB participates in the leading group of this initiative, which aims to gradually increase the number of young people from the Raval district (Barcelona) who start and complete university studies. Therefore, it contributes to goals 10.2 (empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all) and 10.3 (ensure equal opportunities).
UB Voluntariat
Initiative that fosters volunteerism of the university community in Third Sector entities. It contributes to goals 10.2 and 10.3, dedicated, respectively, to empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all and to ensure equal opportunities.
Activities that contribute to this SDG:
SMILE launches a website aimed at disadvantaged higher education students - The project, in which the UB Solidarity Foundation takes part, focuses on three main areas of inequality and disadvantage in higher education: migrant background, women… …
The University of Barcelona ratifies its commitment to the right to refuge - On World Refugee Day (June 20), with the hashtag #UBRefugi2021, we will share snapshots of students from the Refugee Support Program, to which you can… …
A webinar cycle addresses the alliance between universities and local communities for the reception of migrants and refugees - Organized by the UB Solidarity Foundation, the seminars "Refuge, university and local communities" will take place from June 14 to 18, 2021 through Zoom (with… …