SDG 10 - Reduced inequalities

Nova University Lisbon contributes to tackle the SDG 10 by empowering and promoting the social, economic and political inclusion of all. Among other targets, NOVA has been particularly active in addressing the inclusion of people with disabilities and immigrant minorities, working together with local communities and civil society organizations. Reducing inequalities among NOVA Community, particularly among students and staff, is also a distinguishing factor of its intervention.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The Social Equity Initiative, a partnership that aims to promote the social sector in Portugal in the long run, sketching a portrait of the sector and developing research and empowerment programs to support Portuguese social organizations.
• The Inclusive Community Forum addresses the lives of people with disabilities that seeks to promote a more inclusive community. It intends to build a network composed of all those who intervene in the lives of these people, challenging them to play an active role in co-creating solutions.
• NOVA Migration and Health group promotes collaborative research and knowledge to address the challenges of human mobility and migratory flows to health status, disease prevalence and healthcare systems. It aims to support the development of evidence-based health policy and services.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

NOVA's 9 Academic Units develop programmes and initiatives with direct impact in our community. Get in touch, participate!

RESEARCH

NOVA contributes significantly to the research into the area of SDG10. Learn more about the following research projects:

• Inclusion or discrimination? From the analysis of the school results to the strategies for the success of the students with immigrant origin | NOVA FCSH

Identify the schools with the highest percentage of students of immigrant origin and their nationalities and explain the difference of results between students of immigrant origin and native students. Identify the factors that contribute to differences between schools in this phenomenon that can be considered as potential targets for intervention and produce recommendations for schools and educational policies.

• Integrating Immigrants as a Tool for Broad Development | Nova SBE

This project experimentally evaluates the impact of an active immigrant integration program using a randomized controlled trial implemented among immigrants residing in the Greater Lisbon area and their relatives in Cape Verde.

PUBLICATIONS

• The missing link on the road to Universal Health Coverage: Management
• Giulia Mensitieri – «Le Plus beau métier du Monde». Dans les coulisses de l’industrie de la mode
• Discriminação em razão da origem racial, étnica ou migratória nos países da União Europeia: Perceções e Experiências Reportadas em Inquéritos
• PECS: tool to structure reflections about health and cooperation between Member States of CPLP
• The writing's on the wall: on health inequalities, migrants, and coronavirus
• Towards equity in global health partnerships: adoption of the Research Fairness Initiative (RFI) by Portuguese-speaking countries
• Perspectives of health care providers in Portugal on the provision of care to migrant patients with TB or HIV-TB co-infection
• Waiting for a future in Lisbon: borders, migrations and biographies
• Increasing access to health workers in underserved areas: a conceptual framework for measuring results
• Muslims at the Margins of Europe: Finland, Greece, Ireland and Portugal
• Secularisms in a Postsecular Age? Religiosities and Subjectivities in Comparative Perspective
• Best practices of Public Health research equity: examples from Brazil and Portugal
• The implementation of the Research Fairness Initiative
• Equity in evaluative research focusing on health cooperation and development
• Career breaks, broken pensions? Long-run effects of early and late-career unemployment spells on pension entitlements

EDUCATION

NOVA University Lisbon has a strong formative offer, distinguished by quality and variety, linked to the SDGs. It supports the integration of interdisciplinarity and sustainability in all our study cycles.

REDUCED INEQUALITIES IN NUMBERS

Contribution for SDG 10 in 2019: