ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS
SDG 5 aims to end all forms of gender-based discrimination, including eliminating exploitative and harmful practices, ensuring equitable access to work and leadership positions, ensuring access to sexual and reproductive health, and recognizing the value of unpaid care and domestic work. The University of Waterloo has mentoring programs for women in under-represented fields and programs to address social and cultural norms that have been barriers to equitable participation.
Women's Centre
The Women's Centre is a Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) equity service that aims to create a positive and safe space for students of all genders, with a special focus on women and trans* folks. Their volunteers are trained to provide peer support with an intersectional feminist lens and can make connections with resources about sexual health, healthy relationships, mental health, and more. * includes a variety of identities such as transgender, transsexual, transmen, transwomen, and others.
Glow Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity
Glow Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity is the oldest continually running university-based 2SLGBTQ+ group in Canada. Run entirely by dedicated student volunteers, Glow promotes a healthy attitude towards all sexual orientations and gender identities on the University of Waterloo campus by providing a wide variety of peer support, social events, advocacy work, and resources.
Gender and Social Justice Program
It is the mission of the Gender and Social Justice program to foster excellent teaching and learning about social justice, broadly construed, with particular attention to the role of gender. Our students learn to put intersectional feminism into practice in diverse ways as they work to build inclusive, just, sustainable communities, locally and globally.
Mentorship for Women in STEM
Women in Engineering (WiE) supports a mentorship program between first year students and upper year students. The Women in Math (WIM) Committee includes faculty and graduate students who work together to provide support and resources for women in Mathematics. Women in Computer Science (WiCS) is dedicated to promoting gender equity in computing by advocating for and supporting women, trans, gender-fluid, gender-queer, and non-binary students enrolled in computer science and related computing programs at the University of Waterloo.
Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office
The Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office supports all members of the University of Waterloo campus community who have experienced or been impacted by sexual violence. This includes all students, staff, faculty, and visitors on the main campus, the satellite campuses, and at the Affiliated and Federated Institutes of Waterloo.
Catalyst Grade 11 Girls Conference
The Catalyst Grade 11 Girls Conference is an exciting opportunity for grade 11 girls to participate in hands-on workshops, explore the University of Waterloo, meet engineering students, compete in a design competition, and experience life in residence!
