Seminar on Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals

Advancing the Self Engineering Seminar Series, Dr. Mehvish Riaz, Chairperson, Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Modern Languages, conducted a seminar titled ‘Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals: Social Change through Awareness and Informed Action’ for the undergraduate students at UET, Lahore on October 12, 2022. She shared how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which address issues including poverty, inequality, climate change, and injustice, are the roadmap for achieving a better and more sustainable future for all. She emphasized the importance of community service, volunteering, innovation, and prevention as measures to achieve sustainable development goals. The students performed a few activities and discussed the state of human rights and SDGs in the Pakistani context.