Webinar on “BBA Students and the SDGs” was held.

To achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Afghanistan, the Business Administration Department (BBA Department) of Kateb University organized a webinar on “BBA Students and the SDGs”. This webinar was held on June 28^th, 2021 through the Zoom Conferencing Software and streamed live on Kateb’s Facebook Page. This webinar discussed Goal 1 which is Zero Poverty and Goal 2 which is Zero Hunger.

This webinar was presented by Ms. Atefa Hussaini, and Ms. Parwana Sediqi and the moderator of the webinar was Mr. Hakim Sadiq.

At the beginning of the webinar, Ms. Sediqi introduced sustainable development. According to Ms. Sediqi, sustainable development is meeting the needs of each individual without compromising the ability of the next generation to meet their own needs. “Sustainable development is about finding better ways to do things for present and future,” said Ms. Sadiqi.

In the continuation of the webinar, Ms. Hussaini talked about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and named each goal.

Then, Ms. Sediqi introduced SDG1 which is Zero Poverty. She said that poverty is insufficient consumption to meet daily necessities or facing a shortage of income. She added that there are two types of poverty which are a) Absolute Poverty and b) Relative Poverty.

World Bank defined Absolute Poverty as those living on less than $1.90 a day. And, relative poverty is when households receive 50% less than average household incomes, so they do have some money but still not enough money to afford anything above the basics.

At the end of her presentation, Ms. Sediqi pointed out some approaches to end poverty in the country. Some of them are:

1. Providing strategies by political and social experts which have an executive guarantee;

2. Mobilizing all security forces to end the security problems which is one of the causes of poverty;

3. Implementing plans for irrigation of agricultural lands by the Ministry of Agriculture and other relevant ministries;

Ms. Hussaini talked about SDG 2 which is Zero Hunger. She introduced huger as the lack of food security and preparation of one meal a day. She added that due to COVID-19 Pandemic the statistics of hunger have raised to 550 million children around the world and 10 thousand children in Afghanistan. She said that by following the five principles below, we can end hunger in the country:

1. Prioritizing those who are in need;

2. Paving the way for the supply chain;

3. Reduce food waste;

4. Acclaiming a variety of sustainable agricultural products;

5. Prioritizing feeding children on his/her first two years of birth;

The webinar ended with the ending words of Mr. Sadiq, moderator of the webinar.