Empowering Communities, Inspiring Hope: Ahfad University Internships Amid Sudan’s Turmoil

The Regional Institute of Gender, Diversity, Peace, and Rights (RIGDPR) at Ahfad University for Women (AUW) in Sudan—UNAI SDG Hub 1 Vice-Chair for Outreach and Partnership—leads student-centered internships with partners across sectors. Despite ongoing conflict in the country, students have contributed to gender assessments, empowerment workshops, and psychosocial support for displaced women—bridging academic training with real-world action and driving meaningful social change.

 

A dialogue session in Damazine, Blue Nile State, Sudan, brings together internally displaced women, students, and working women to discuss how they perceive peace in the aftermath of war.
Photo:courtesy of Ahfad University for Women

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Goal of the Month | December 2025: Goal 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Inequality threatens long-term social and economic development, harms poverty reduction and destroys people’s sense of fulfillment and self-worth.

The incomes of the poorest 40 per cent of the population had been growing faster than the national average in most countries, but emerging yet inconclusive evidence suggests that COVID-19 may have disrupted this positive trend.

Learn more about the Goal 10: Reduced Inequality, and how you can get involved, then check out the UNAI SDG Hub Network.