UN-Habitat co-organises shelter and resettlements fora for MENA, Africa
December 1st, 2021
Nairobi, 1 December 2021 – More than one hundred participants from more than two dozen countries exchanged ideas and experiences on global shelter and settlements response and challenges which can…
French international football star Blaise Matuidi appointed UN-Habitat’s Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Africa
April 6th, 2021
6 April 2021 – The French international footballer and World Cup winner, Blaise Matuidi, has been appointed as Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Africa for the United Nations agency focused on urban…
Friedrich-Ebert-Stifung Foundation (FES) to partner with UN-Habitat to advance SDG 11 in Africa
February 1st, 2021
Nairobi, 28 January 2021 - The Africa Department of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the UN-Habitat Regional Office for Africa signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance safe, resilient…
UN-Habitat launches climate resilience project in South Eastern Africa
July 13th, 2020
July 2020 - A two-day virtual inception workshop marked the official start of ‘Building Urban Climate Resilience in South Eastern Africa,’ the first multi-country project of UN-Habitat funded by the…
COVID-19 exposes the harsh realities of gender inequality in slums
June 3rd, 2020
As the pandemic hits low- and middle-income countries, it is critical that the response acknowledge underlying inequalities that place women at even greater risk. The harsh realities of gender…
Africa: How Urban Mobility Can Come Back Stronger in a Post-Pandemic World
May 27th, 2020
Nairobi — With much of Africa currently in or beginning to emerge from COVID-19 restrictions, city dwellers have abandoned their typical travel habits. Where they once squeezed into shared vans and…
Participants at COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus discuss critical need for housing
May 11th, 2020
Nairobi, 7 May 2020 - The third online COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campuses, focusing on housing, was organized by the World Urban Campaign with Habitat for Humanity and Compass Housing Services, the…
Women’s leadership will be critical in the post-COVID-19 era #BeyondTheOutbreak
May 11th, 2020
6 May 2020 - The twelfth thematic live learning experience organized by UCLG and UN-Habitat provided an opportunity for local and regional women leaders from across the world to outline their key…
Supporting those in informal settlements and economy during COVID-19 and beyond
May 4th, 2020
The latest in the series of Live Learning Sessions organized by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and UN-Habitat, which took place on April 29 focused on vulnerable and marginalized…
Opinion: Slums are the next front line in the fight against the coronavirus
May 4th, 2020
The spread of COVID-19 has transformed many of the world’s great cities into tragic household names as their reported cases and deaths rise: Wuhan, Milan, Madrid, New York City, and more. But as the…
Ensuring income and investment in local service provision is critical for global recovery #BeyondTheOutbreak
April 28th, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting local service provision throughout the world. The Live Learning Session on local finance highlighted how essential it is for local and regional governments to have…
Coronavirus will travel 'incredibly fast' in Africa's slums, UN-Habitat chief warns
April 26th, 2020
The Thomson Reuters Foundation spoke to UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif about efforts to slow the spread of the virus in Africa's cities Coronavirus is changing the world in…
The new climate reality: Protecting African cities from disaster
September 16th, 2019