Promoting the rights of indigenous persons – a global priority
April 26th, 2023
Empowering women for heritage regeneration
March 7th, 2023
Nepal’s centuries-old heritage settlements get a revamp
March 31st, 2022
Lalitpur City, Nepal, 31 March 2022 – Nepal’s Katmandu Valley is home to seven world heritage sites and over 50 heritage settlements -- old towns characterised by a typical pattern of compact row…
Nepal organizes first event to celebrate World Cities Day 2020
November 3rd, 2020
Kathmandu 2 November 2020--- Nepal organized the first event/webinar to celebrate the World Cities Day 2020. Aiming to mainstream the current issues of urbanization, the Department of Urban…
2020 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award Winners Announced
September 8th, 2020
Nairobi, 8 September 2020 – The winners of this year’s UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour, one of the world’s most prestigious awards presented to those working on urbanization, have been selected. This…
European Union funded project in Nepal creates new opportunities for home workers during pandemic
September 2nd, 2020
Lalitpur, Nepal 2 September 2020 – An EU-funded project to support Nepal’s informal sector workers hit hard by the COVID-19 prevention measures has provied them with work producing facemasks.…
UN-Habitat promotes touch-free handwashing facilities in Kathmandu slums
July 14th, 2020
Kathmandu, 13 July 2020 – UN-Habitat has installed touch-free handwashing facilities in some slum settlements, vegetable markets and temple areas to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Nepal’s capital…
UN-Habitat pairs cities striving to manage their municipal solid waste with expert counterparts
June 22nd, 2020
Nairobi, June 2020 – As part of its Waste Wise Cities, UN-Habitat is bringing together cities that are looking to improve the management of their municipal solid waste with mentor cities committed to…
Health and hygiene promotion among Nepali villagers is paying off
April 22nd, 2020
Kathmandu, 15 April 2020 – As Nepal ramps up measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, residents in one rural area have been learning about the importance of handwashing and hygiene for the past…
Handicraft workers in Nepal retrained to make material to protect against COVID-19
April 21st, 2020
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, April 2020 – The community of Bungamati in Lalitpur Metropolitan City in Kathmandu Valley, along with the rest of the country, is on a lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID…
PM KP Oli Declared Nepal as ODF nation
October 1st, 2019
Kathmandu `1 October 2019 – Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has declared Nepal to be an open defecation free (ODF) nation. The announcement, made in a ceremony in Kathmandu today, follows a…
Nepal increases national sanitation to 99%
May 17th, 2019
As urban populations increase, challenges related to water and sanitation amplify. The situation of the urban poor in developing countries poses a particular challenge as they live increasingly in…