UN-Habitat improves water distribution and sewer networks Aden, Yemen
June 14th, 2021
Aden, Yemen June 2021 - Residents of six districts in Aden - Al Manquleen, Al Rawdha, Sheikh Othman, Teqaneia, Bir Fadhl and Sirah districts – will see major improvements in water and sewage services…
UN-Habitat, local government and the EU join forces to combat Gender-Based Violence in Mogadishu through COVID-19 awareness forums
June 14th, 2021
Mogadishu, Somalia June 2021- UN- Habitat through the Benadir Regional Administration (BRA), Directorate of Health and Human Services held a training on the prevention and response to Gender-Based…
UN-Habitat and UK hold dialogue on changing weather in India
June 10th, 2021
Hyderabad, India, June 2021 - To mark World Environment Day, the British Deputy High Commission in Hyderabad and UN-Habitat India partnered to arrange a virtual panel discussion “Changing weather…
Local authorities in Heet, Iraq celebrate the handover of UN-Habitat projects funded by the European Union and Alwaleed Philanthropies
June 10th, 2021
Heet, Iraq, June 2021 - Establishing durable solutions for displaced families remains critical more than three years after the ousting of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Damaged and…
Advancing the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus in African cities impacted by rapid urban population growth and displacement
June 9th, 2021
June 2021. As part of the ICLEI Rise Africa Action Festival Session, UN-Habitat and the Mayors Migration Council (MMC) hosted a session addressing the importance of the humanitarian-development-peace…
UN-Habitat’s Urban Lab Complete Successful Mission to Khorog, Tajikistan
June 9th, 2021
Khorog, Tajikistan, June 2021: The UN-Habitat Urban Lab completed a two week visit to Khorog to explore ways to turn it into a resilient town for Phase I of the Integrated Spatial Plan for…
Parliament’s URBAN Intergroup, UN-Habitat and partners convened a policy briefing on financing sustainable urban development
June 8th, 2021
European Parliament, Strasbourg, France 26 May 2021 - As requested by the European Parliament, the European Commission, European Investment Bank and UN-Habitat, supported by the International Growth…
UN-Habitat builds schools to withstand floods and cyclones for 100,000 children in Mozambique
June 8th, 2021
Nampula, Mozambique, June 2021 – Before UN-Habitat began building resilient local school buildings in Muchaleque, in the northern Nampula province, children were force to leave school or study…
UN-Habitat rehabilitates family home damaged in conflict in northern Iraq
June 8th, 2021
Mosul, Iraq, June 2021 – Oumar and his family are among nearly one thousand households who saw their homes rehabilitated by UN-Habitat with funds from the European Union. Oumar inherited his house…
UN-Habitat recognizes projects in Lebanon, Syria and Egypt for innovative approaches
June 7th, 2021
Nairobi, June 2021 – The question of how innovations help deliver improved basic services in cities under pinned a review of basic service innovation projects being implemented by UN-Habitat and…
Statement from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif On World Environment Day
June 5th, 2021
5 June 2021: “Ecosystems Restoration”, the theme of this year’s World Environment Day is one of the most critical issues of our time as we battle the Climate Crisis and the current Covid-19 Pandemic…
EU cash transfer supports unemployed father injured in Mogadishu blast
June 3rd, 2021
Mogadishu, June 2021 - Sheikh Abdi Ibrahim, a father of five children, is one of the beneficiaries of the cash transfer being implemented by DRC though the support of UN-Habitat and funded by the…
Turkey’s First Lady honoured as a Champion of UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities programme
June 2nd, 2021
Ankara, Turkey 2 June 2021 – The Executive Director of UN-Habitat, the UN agency focused on sustainable urbanization, has honoured Turkey’s First Lady, Ermine Erdogan as a Champion of the Waste Wise…
Celebrating UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration-World Environment Day 2021 World Environment Day 2021
May 28th, 2021
On World Environment Day 2021 Celebration event, UN-Habitat launched Waste Wise Cities Tool (WaCT) in Pakistan for restoration of urban and marine ecosystem, in collaboration with Ministry of Climate…
A Personal Immersion Journey Through Social Data Collection
May 24th, 2021
Cidade de Deus, Brazil 24 May 2021-- Maria do Socorro is a living institution in Cidade de Deus (City of God) – Brazilian informal settlement internationally known thanks to the film named after it.…