YouthPOWER · The Global Goals

Every district scorecard is also a map of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.

The five pillars measure the conditions young people grow up in. Read one way, each pillar advances specific Global Goals. Read the other way, the Goals point back to the parts of a district where action matters most.

Ten of the seventeen Goals — the ones most shaped at the district level for young people.
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Participation

Whether young people — and young women in particular — have agency and a voice in who represents them.

Advances
5
16
3
Representation
16
5

Who represents the district in legislatures, how young they are, and how many are women.

16.7Responsive, inclusive and representative decision-making
5.5Women's full participation in leadership and decision-making
Agency
5
3

Whether young people, especially young women, are equipped and free to take part in civic life.

5.2Eliminate violence against women and girls
5.3Eliminate child and early marriage
5.aWomen's equal rights to ownership of property and assets
3.7Universal access to reproductive health and autonomy

Opportunity

Whether the ground beneath young people supports opportunity — households, money and credit, enterprise, and public services.

Advances
1
8
9
2
10
11
People and Households
1
2
10

Who lives here, how households earn and spend, and what their daily lives depend on.

1.2Cut poverty in all its dimensions, by national definitions
2.2End all forms of malnutrition, including child stunting
10.1Faster income growth for the bottom forty percent
Money and Credit
8
1

Where banks reach, how deposits convert to credit, and whether small borrowers can access capital.

1.4Equal rights to economic resources and financial services
8.3Support enterprise, formalisation and the growth of small business
8.10Expand access to banking and financial services
Economy and Enterprise
8
9

What the district produces, the scale of its enterprise base, and where formal employment lives.

8.3Support enterprise, formalisation and the growth of small business
9.3Small enterprises' access to credit and value chains
Place and Public Services
9
11
10

Urbanisation, rail, roads, libraries, and the public services that anchor daily life.

9.1Reliable, quality infrastructure including roads and rail
9.cUniversal, affordable access to the internet
11.1Adequate housing and basic services for all
11.2Safe, accessible and affordable transport systems
10.2Promote the economic and social inclusion of all

Work

Whether work is available and decent — who is working, and whether their jobs pay and protect them.

Advances
8
5
10
Jobs and structure
8
5

Who is working, who is looking, and the shape of the labour market for youth and women.

8.5Full, productive employment and equal pay for equal work
8.6Reduce the share of youth not in employment, education or training
5.5Women's full participation in leadership and decision-making
Job Quality
8
10

What workers earn, whether their jobs offer formal protection, and where decent work is concentrated.

8.5Full, productive employment and equal pay for equal work
10.4Wage and social-protection policies that narrow gaps

Education

Whether young people can learn — schools, what students actually learn, and the path to higher education.

Advances
4
School
4

School supply, facilities, teachers, and what students are actually learning in Grades 6 and 9.

4.1Quality primary and secondary education with real learning
4.4More young people with the skills needed for decent work
4.5Eliminate gender disparities and ensure equal access to education
4.aSafe, inclusive education facilities for all
Higher Ed
4

Availability and accessibility of higher education in the district.

4.3Equal access to affordable technical, vocational and higher education

Readiness (Skilling)

Whether young people can build job-ready skills — ITIs, short-term training and apprenticeships.

Advances
4
8
ITI
4
8

ITI seat supply, who runs them, who trains in them, and how fully they are utilised.

4.4More young people with the skills needed for decent work
8.6Reduce the share of youth not in employment, education or training
Short-term
4
8

Reach of the flagship short-term skills programme, plus the presence of rural training centres.

4.3Equal access to affordable technical, vocational and higher education
4.4More young people with the skills needed for decent work
8.6Reduce the share of youth not in employment, education or training
Apprenticeships
4
8

The availability of a transition into work: apprentices on the books and the establishments actively taking them.

4.4More young people with the skills needed for decent work
8.6Reduce the share of youth not in employment, education or training

The index concentrates on the Global Goals most determined at the district level for young people — ten of the seventeen. The remaining goals address environmental and global commitments that sit outside a youth-opportunity measure.

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