2024 GAE- Advocating for social justice and sustainable practices

Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. The concept of social justice advocates for equal access to wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. It underscores the progressive march towards a world where the barriers that people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, or disability are dismantled. Its intrinsic relationship with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is anchored in the shared vision of a better world, as espoused in the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The SDGs are a call for action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. These 17 interlinked goals recognise that strategies to improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth must go hand-in-hand with tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.

Social justice permeates each SDG, insisting that no goal can be met without meeting the needs of the most vulnerable and marginalized populations.

In connection with the UIA 2024 International Forum’s theme DIVERSECITY and the 2024 World Architecture Day’s theme ‘Empowering the next generation in participatory urban design’, this in-person session will explore the topic of ‘Advocating for social justice and sustainable practices’. Each speaker will provide examples of how this topic translates in their countries, be it through government policies, initiatives developed by their national institutes, or through their own projects and designs.

Join us on 17 November in Kuala Lumpur, 2pm to 4.15pm MYT, during the UIA 2024 International Forum, to hear the various approaches taken in different parts of the world to address this challenge.

Organised in partnerships with other institutes of architects from across the world, the GAE are a series of talks which aim to deliver sessions on topic relevant and common to all and explore how the same challenges are dealt with in different parts of the world.

This session will includes speaker from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ireland, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, and the UK.

This session will be recorded and the video will be available afterwards

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Kuala Lumpur Convention Center Jalan Pinang, Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia