Youth-led organizations in Kenya respond to the Government’s call to fight COVID-19
April 7th, 2020
“I want to make a special appeal to the youth of our nation. The youth are the biggest component of our society. They are the largest group who are mobile. They have the energy and I appeal to them…
Deadline Approaching: Dubai International Best Practices Award
April 6th, 2020
With the deadline fast approaching, UN-Habitat invites you to apply for the 12th Cycle of the Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development. The award aims to recognize…
UN-Habitat initiates measures on Covid-19 response in Kenya’s two refugee settlements
April 6th, 2020
Kalobeyei, Kenya 6 April 2020—Although no case of Covid-19 has been reported in the settlements of Kalobeyei and Kakuma in northern Kenya, UN-Habitat has instituted several preventive and…
UN secretary general: recovery from the coronavirus crisis must lead to a better world
April 5th, 2020
Only by coming together will the world be able to face down the Covid-19 pandemic and its shattering consequences. At an emergency virtual meeting last Thursday, G20 leaders took steps in the right…
Japan provides additional funding for Reconstruction and Peacebuilding Programme in Iraq
April 3rd, 2020
Sinjar, Ninewa Governorate, Iraq 2 April 2020-- The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has received an additional contribution of USD 3.6 million from the Government of Japan to…
Taming COVID-19: Where is Africa in the fight against the pandemic?
April 3rd, 2020
April 7: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Socialeconomic Impact on Africa - Health, Economy and Planning V2. April 1: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Socialeconomic Impact on Africa - Health, Economy…
Ensuring everyone can #StayAtHome through the provision of public services
April 2nd, 2020
#BeyondTheOutbreak Nairobi, Barcelona, 2 April 2020 - The Live Learning Series hosted by UCLG, Metropolis, and UN-Habitat, that began last week with local and regional governments sharing their…
Public hand-washing stations to combat Covid-19 in Sittwe, Myanmar gaining popularity
April 2nd, 2020
Sittwe, Myanmar, 2 April 2020-- Daw Yin Thein runs her own store at the busy Ma Gyi Myaing Market in Sittwe, Rakhine State. For households and small business owners like her in Sittwe township, the…
The Rights and Health of Refugees, Migrants and Stateless Must be Protected in COVID-19 Response
April 1st, 2020
Geneva - In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, we are all vulnerable. The virus has shown that it does not discriminate - but many refugees, those forcibly displaced, the stateless and migrants are at…
Facilities set up by Kenyan youth group to protect against COVID-19 top 8000 handwashes
April 1st, 2020
1 April 2020, Mathare, Kenya - Last month 10-year old Tabitha Muthoni was first in line to wash her hands at the new handwashing station in the Mathare informal settlement. Ten days later she carried…
$2.5 trillion COVID-19 rescue package needed for world’s emerging economies
March 31st, 2020
According to new analysis from UNCTAD, the UN trade and development body, commodity-rich exporting countries will face a $2 trillion to $3 trillion drop in investment from overseas in the next two…
OPINION: Local governments are in the frontline of coronavirus response
March 31st, 2020
Authors: UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif and UCLG Secretary General Emilia Saiz. Local and regional governments are the front line in preparing and responding to the COVID-19…
UN-Habitat’s work with cooperatives in Marawi helps provide food amid COVID-19
March 30th, 2020
Marawi City, the Phillipines 30 March 2020 – In response to the enhanced community quarantine issued by both the city and province to deter COVID-19 transmission, cooperatives, set up under a UN-…
Local and regional leaders showcase the value of public services to respond to the COVID-19 crisis
March 26th, 2020
#BeyondTheOutbreak Barcelona, Spain and Nairobi Kenya, 26 March 2020 More than 20 representatives of local and regional governments and partners, gathered online with civil society and the United…
UN launches major humanitarian appeal to keep COVID-19 from ‘circling back around the globe’
March 26th, 2020
At a joint virtual press briefing, Secretary-General António Guterres, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Lowcock, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Fore and World Health…