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Guaranteeing equity and access to all in the post-COVID era #BeyondTheOutbreak

Joint Press Release UCLG, Metropolis, UN-Habitat

Guaranteeing equity and access to all in the post-COVID era #BeyondTheOutbreak

Home-based handicraft workers in Nepal who have been retrained making masks and other material to protect against COVID-19

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Urban thinkers look at the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on informal workers and small businesses

Placemaking week Nairobi

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Urban planning crucial for better public health in cities

Palestinian Fishermen at Work in Gaza. Palestinian fishermen collect their nets on the Gaza shore

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New publications on urban-rural linkages in the West Bank, Palestine published

UN-Habitat’s work on sustainable metropolitan development will be strengthened in Colombia

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UN-Habitat’s work on sustainable metropolitan development will be strengthened in Colombia

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UN-Habitat in the News

Report on Kenya Television Network (KTN) on UN-Habitat work with innovative youth in Nyeri

15 May 2020

COVID-19 Innovations | UN-Habitat commits KSh 3 Million

UN-Habitat Executive Director’s Op Ed with Leilani Farha, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, and Global Director of The Shift on Inter Press News Agency (IPS)

13 May 2020

Latin America’s digital divide piece on Reuters quotes UN-Habitat senior associate expert

12 May 2020

UN-Habitat Executive Director’s Blog with World Bank Global Director, Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice, Sameh Wahba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori and Execu

12 May 2020

Contribution by the Executive Director of UN-Habitat Maimunah Mohd Sharif to a compilation of expert views in Foreign Policy on the future of cities after COVID-19

1 May 2020

Press Releases

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Guaranteeing equity and access to all in the post-COVID era #BeyondTheOutbreak	Friday, 22 May 2020
International Affairs Commissioner Abeywardena Announces Major Milestone for NYC Declaration on the Voluntary Local Review, Thursday, May 21, 2020	Thursday, 21 May 2020
Women’s leadership will be critical for rethinking the future in the post-COVID-19 era #BeyondTheOutbreak	Thursday, 21 May 2020
Ensuring income and investment in local service provision is critical for global recovery #BeyondTheOutbreak - English	Thursday, 21 May 2020
Social dialogue remains key to keep workers safe during and beyond the COVID-19 outbreak. #BeyondTheOutbreak	Monday, 18 May 2020
Press Release - Innovation, Proximity and Solidarity: Local Economic Development as Immediate Response	Friday, 8 May 2020

Statements and speeches

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Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Equality and Accessibility Session, Wednesday 20 May 2020	Wednesday, 20 May 2020
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), 17 May 2020	Sunday, 17 May 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Gender session, Wednesday 6 May 2020	Wednesday, 6 May 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Local Economic Development, Thursday 30 April 2020	Thursday, 30 April 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Informalities, Wednesday 29 April 2020	Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis and UN-Habitat Finance and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Thursday 23 April 2020	Thursday, 23 April 2020

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