UN-Habitat Lebanon signs grant with the World Bank to rebuild areas damaged by the Beirut Port explosion
March 14th, 2022
Beirut, Lebanon, 12 March 2022 -- UN-Habitat has signed an agreement with the World Bank to implement the project Beirut Housing Reconstruction and Cultural and Creative Industries Recovery. The USD…
Food insecurity a real concern among the urban poor in sub-saharan Africa following pandemic – new report shows
March 14th, 2022
Joint UN HABITAT - WFP News Release Dakar/ Nairobi/ Johannesburg - 11 March 2022 - The socioeconomic situation of the urban poor in Sub-Saharan Africa has worsened following the COVID-19 pandemic,…
UN-Habitat and Ministry of Internal concludes first Technical Support Team (TST) Meeting
March 14th, 2022
11 March 2022 - A UN-Habitat workshop has resulted in government officials, civil society leaders, inter-governmental and non-governmental officials in Liberia receiving the needed skills in planning…
UN-Habitat supports the Space Energy Initiative to help develop sustainable cities
March 10th, 2022
London, 10 March 2022 – UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif today expressed her support for technological initiatives that use space-based solar power to produce clean, renewable, and…
UN-Habitat practical skills training prioritises displacement communities, including women
March 10th, 2022
Kismayo, Somalia, 10 March 2022 - Qadijo Omar Mohamed is a 28-year-old woman and refugee living in Kismayo. She has never attended formal school but has been able to educate herself through self-…
Youth at Nairobi’s biggest informal settlement engage in UN-Habitat’s The City We Need Now! campaign
March 8th, 2022
8 March 2021 - Youth leaders and researchers from Mathare, one of the biggest informal settlements in Nairobi, last month marked the Africa launch of the World Urban Campaign The City We Need Now!…
UN-Habitat’s Her City toolbox empowers women to make significant improvements in urban development
March 7th, 2022
The toolbox One year ago, on 8 March 2021, UN-Habitat unveiled its Her City toolbox, which, with its embedded participatory processes, helps girls with diverse needs to plan and design cities that…
On the International Day of Women, girls and women in Mozambique set examples for empowerment and reconciliation
March 7th, 2022
8 March 2022 - Promoting a participatory and gender-sensitive approach to conflict resolution, a UN-Habitat project in Mozambique is empowering girls and women to learn skills to build homes that…
How Philippine’s Maranao women contribute to rebuilding communities, sustaining peace
March 7th, 2022
8 March 2022 - Women play a critical role in rebuilding communities after the war and in sustaining peace within their new resettlement sites. For the indigenous Maranao women, this role is often…
Message from Princess Lamia AlSaud, UN-Habitat Goodwill Ambassador for Arab States and Secretary General of Alwaleed Philanthropies
March 7th, 2022
“International Women’s Day: In order for us to have a more sustainable future, we must first empower women to enable them to become positive change-makers in society.” As the world heals from the…
Global Urban Monitoring Framework Endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission
March 7th, 2022
4 March 2022 - The United Nations Statistical Commission has endorsed the implementation of the global urban monitoring framework (UMF) as part of the harmonised United Nations system-wide strategy…
IPCC Report: Cities are hotspots of climate impacts, but also a crucial part of the solution
March 2nd, 2022
28 February 2022: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just released its latest report: Climate Change 2022, Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. The report confirms that the…
UIA 2030 AWARD stage 1 regional finalists announced
February 25th, 2022
Paris, 25 February 2022 – The Union of International Architects (UIA), working in partnership with UN-Habitat, has announced the results of the first stage of the inaugural edition of the UIA 2030…
UN-Habitat and partners to drive urban sustainability during large real estate event in Cannes
February 16th, 2022
Nairobi/Cannes, 16 February 2022 – UN-Habitat and the world’s leading real estate events organiser have partnered to put more focus on the larger context of urban change in real estate development…
Call for entries: UN-Habitat Better Cities film festival at WUF11
February 16th, 2022
Nairobi, 16 February 2022 -- The UN-Habitat Better Cities Film Festival returns to the Eleventh World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, 26-30 June 2022. Organised in partnership with First+Main Films…