Learning with Rural Communities: Student Experiences in Darfur & Omdurman
Sudan faces the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with conflict driving mass displacement, collapsing services, and widespread violence. Despite this, Ahfad University for Women advances SDG 1 through community engagement. Student Buthaina Mamour Musa shares experiences in Darfur and rural Omdurman, highlighting youth volunteering, women’s leadership, and agriculture as inclusive, community-led solutions strengthening resilience in crisis-affected communities.
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UN Academic Impact Workshop: Universities Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, April 2026
Students, researchers, and university leaders gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York for a workshop exploring how higher education can advance the Sustainable Development Goals through student-led innovation and collaboration.
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SDG of the month
Goal of the Month | May 2026: Goal 16 – Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Goal 16 is about promoting peaceful and inclusive societies, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. People everywhere should be free of fear from all forms of violence and feel safe as they go about their lives whatever their ethnicity, faith or sexual orientation.
Learn more about the Goal of the Month, and how you can get involved, then check out the UN Academic Impact SDG Hub Network.
