UN Sustainable Development Goals

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  Quality education

  WUSC improves young people’s access to quality education, especially among girls and refugees. Some WUSC programs focus on education for refugee girls. We help to increase literacy rates, improve health outcomes, and empower girls to be agents of change in their lives. We also have the Student Refugee Program, which is active across Canada. This program provides young refugees with life-changing opportunities to continue their education on Canadian campuses and build a better future for themselves and their families.

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  Gender equality

  Young women confront persistent gender stereotypes, an unfair share of family obligations, discriminatory laws and practices, and pervasive gender-based violence. They have inequitable access to resources and opportunities that begins in childhood and continues into adulthood. We invest significant resources to address the barriers that young women face, recognizing the additional marginalization they experience as well as the role of advancing gender equality in creating a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world.

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  Reduced inequalities

  The majority of young people live in regions that continue to be disproportionately affected by global challenges, including economic insecurity, technological change, political uprisings, conflict, and climate change, where they are exposed to further exclusion, inequality, and vulnerability because of their age. We believe working with and for youth, especially young women, is the most efficient, sustainable, and cost-effective way to tackle the roots of poverty. WUSC improves young people’s access to quality training and employment-related services, while supporting more inclusive economies.