WED is an official international day proclaimed by UNESCO in 2019 to recognize the vital role engineers play in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is celebrated annually March 4th.
Core Objectives :
- Awareness: Highlighting how engineering and technology are central to modern life and for solving global challenges like climate change, poverty, and resource management.
- Diversity & Inclusion: Encouraging more young people, particularly women and girls, to enter the profession where they are historically underrepresented.
- Capacity Building: Addressing the global shortage of engineers and the “brain drain” from developing to developed nations by promoting engineering education.