Experts discuss the central role of urban planning in the post pandemic recovery
May 28th, 2020
Nairobi, 27 May 2020 - The 8th COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus online session discussed planning and design for pandemic urban resilience. The webinar, which attracted over 380 participants, was…
UN-Habitat’s COVID-19 response in Philippines provides displaced families with easy access to markets with affordable food
May 27th, 2020
Marawi City, Philippines, 27 May 2020 – UN-Habitat has opened two satellite markets and several mobile stores around Marawi City to bring fairly priced food and essential goods closer to people,…
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…
Guaranteeing equity and access to all in the post-COVID era #BeyondTheOutbreak
May 23rd, 2020
Despite the best efforts of many local leaders, our cities are generally not designed with everybody in mind. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of ensuring equal access, since…
Urban thinkers look at the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on informal workers and small businesses
May 22nd, 2020
Nairobi, 21 May 2020 - A webinar looking at the wage gap, social security and small business during pandemics gathered over 90 participants in a lively debate with experts as part of the COVID-19…
Urban planning crucial for better public health in cities
May 20th, 2020
New WHO and UN-HABITAT sourcebook guides health and planning practitioners on putting health at the heart of urban and territorial planning Geneva/Nairobi, 21 May 2020 - As the COVID-19 pandemic…
New publications on urban-rural linkages in the West Bank, Palestine published
May 18th, 2020
Ramallah, West Bank 18 May 2020 - UN-Habitat and partners launch three new publications to strengthen urban-rural linkages in the in the West Bank, Palestine As part of the European Union funded…
UN-Habitat’s work on sustainable metropolitan development will be strengthened in Colombia
May 18th, 2020
Barranquilla, Colombia. 18 May 2020 - Mr. Libardo García, Director of the Metropolitan Area of Barranquilla was appointed as the new President of the Colombian Association of Metropolitan Areas (…
A new publication by UN-Habitat and UCLG aims at bettering monitoring and evaluation
May 18th, 2020
Nairobi, 18 May 2020—UN-Habitat and its partners United Cities and Local Governments have released a new publication aimed at bettering monitoring and evaluations. Monitoring and Evaluating National…
Social dialogue remains key to keep workers safe during and beyond the COVID-19 outbreak. #BeyondTheOutbreak
May 17th, 2020
Local public delivery is often overlooked in the public debate, but it is a critical aspect of how we live especially during the pandemic. Public workers on the frontline have carried out their…
UN-Habitat joins forces with leading experts to propose urban solutions for internally displaced people
May 17th, 2020
15 May 2020; UN-Habitat has called for a “proactive urban response to displacement” in a joint paper on the growing phenomenon of urban displacement for the UN’s High Level Panel on Internal…
Community organizations are indispensable partners in the COVID-19 crisis
May 15th, 2020
Nairobi, 15 May 2020 - The Sixth COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus session focused on the central role of community organizations in supporting the most vulnerable people in cities during the pandemic…
UN-Habitat Iraq housing rehabilitation project provides employment and protection for workers during COVID-19
May 15th, 2020
Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, 19 May 2020 – Construction work has resumed work on a UN-Habitat project with UNDP to rehabilitate war damaged houses in two cities in northern Iraq with precautions to…
UN-Habitat policy statement on the prevention of evictions and relocations during the COVID-19 crisis
May 14th, 2020
Nairobi, 14 May 2020 - As COVID-19 spreads around the world, billions of people have been told to stay at home, practice physical distancing, wash their hands regularly and wear masks. However, these…
Housing is Both a Prevention & Cure for COVID-19
May 13th, 2020
By UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif and Leilani Farha, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, and Global Director of The Shift NAIROBI, Kenya, May 13…