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Climate Action Plan Carbon Offset Program Resilience to the Changing Climate Climate Justice Climate Emotions Climate Research
How to Use Tableau Carbon Footprint Carbon Offsets Education for Sustainability Local and Global Impact Smart Growth Sustainable Water Use Waste Minimization Progress Summary (Table)
Sustainability at UMD Climate Action Plan Sustainability Council Goals AASHE STARS Report
SustainableUMD News Maryland Today: Sustainability Climate Change Research Other Resources for Sustainability at UMD
SDG 1: No Poverty SDG 2: Zero Hunger SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being SDG 4: Quality Education SDG 5: Gender Equality SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production SDG 13: Climate Action SDG 14: Life Below Water SDG 15: Life on Land SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
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Goal 5: Gender Equality

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
See more information about this goal from the United Nations

Alert — Your Input is Needed:

Many programs at UMD have begun incorporating questions, conversations and linkages to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. "Partnering for the Goals" invites you to help our SustainableUMD network explore opportunities to better share information across UMD divisions, departments, and disciplines in order to advance the University's meaningful involvement in this global initiative. 

If you want to learn more about how universities are collectively thinking about their role in the SDGs, click the black button link below.

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EXAMPLES OF UMD CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD THE GOAL

This resource is under development and we want your help to fill it out! Use the webform below the examples to tell us about other departments, programs, projects, etc. at UMD that address the SDG locally or globally. The examples on this page are just a broad starting place to help compile meaningful involvement at UMD so that the Office of Sustainability can work with interested stakeholders to explore potential next steps.

empowering women in law

Empowering Women in Law at UMD

Empowering Women in Law at UMD is a gender-inclusive group focused on bringing together like-minded students to discuss what it is like to be a woman in the world of law and taking powerful steps toward success in higher fields. 

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Girl Up UMD

Girl Up UMD

Girl Up engages girls to take action in support of other girls around the world. The initiative focuses on five aspects of life: education, health, safety, leadership and documentation.

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She's the First

She's the First

She's the First (STF) is an international non-profit organization that sponsors girls’ education in low-income countries with the goal of creating first-generation graduates and our next generation of global leaders. 

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UMD Women and Gender Studies

Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry analyzing structures of power, especially as they are grounded in gender, race, sexuality, ethnicity, nationality, ability, and other inequalities, and as they configure historical and contemporary struggles for social change.

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Please tell us about other departments, programs, projects, etc. at UMD that address this goal locally or globally:

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