AMES Australia and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
AMES Australia provides settlement assistance and services to recently arrived refugees and migrants in Victoria. We work collaboratively with the community, businesses, and Government to develop settlement programs to make the migration and settlement process as seamless as possible.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 integrated goals seeking to “Leave No One Behind” in a diverse range of categories including decent work, quality education, gender equity, sustainable cities and communities, among others. Importantly, they are to be achieved by all countries irrespective of financial status, therefore organisations such as AMES also have a responsibility to contribute to relevant goals.
AMES will integrate the SDGs as part of our social impact work and measurement. Aligning AMES work to the SDGs will also help refine and expand on how we apply our Settlement Framework for Social and Economic Participation, as well as provide future opportunities build new partnerships around the goals.
In 2020, we’re releasing a series of blogs looking at how AMES contributes to the achievements of some of these goals through our work in different sectors:
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SDG 5 – Gender Equality |
Focus on: Prevention of Violence Against Women |
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SDG 4 – Education |
Focus on: AMES aged-care education program |
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SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth |
Focus on: AMES employmentand capacity buildingprograms |
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SDG 3 & 17 – Health and Wellbeing & Partnerships |
Focus on: Settlement Health Coordinators and other health programs supported by AMES |
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SDG 10 – Reducing Inequalities |
Focus on: Empowering communities to lead and reduce inequalities |
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SDG 16 – Peace, Justice and Institutions |
Focus on: Participation, rights and social cohesion in AMES client communities |
Written by Taahira Rajudin and edited by AMES Research and Policy Unit
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