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All posts tagged "youth"
Mama Sarah Obama bets on youth resource centres to fight unemploymentKogelo, Kenya 10 December 2014—The grandmother to United States President Mama Sarah Obama has thrown her weight behind the UN-Habitat pioneered One Stop Youth Centres to help addressing unemployment. According to Mama Sarah, the problem of youth...
- Posted December 10, 2014
African civil society and politicians meet on youth policiesNairobi, 5 December 2014: The Director of Youth Affairs from the Kenyan Ministry of Devolution and Planning, Mr. Stephen Jalenga, opened a three-day workshop on Evidence-Informed Policies on Youth Development in Africa at the UN in Nairobi...
- Posted December 5, 2014
Urban Youth Fund Interactive FAQ Part 2- Posted November 13, 2014
Urban Youth Fund 2014 winners announcedNairobi 13 October 2014—On the occasion marking this year’s World Habitat Day, UN-Habitat has announced the 2014 winners of the Urban Youth Fund. A total of 22 youth-led organizations from 18 countries have been selected for the...
- Posted October 13, 2014
Call for action for slum dwellers as World Habitat Day is marked globallyNairobi, 6 October 2014—Celebrations marking this year’s World Habitat Day took places in various places across the globe with calls for urgent action to address the plight of those living in slums. In Nairobi, UN-Habitat staff members...
- Posted October 6, 2014
China State of Urban Youth Report 2014-2015This report provides further evidence of the importance of equity and the growing recognition of its importance to development. A host of countries now recognize equity as a central goal of the development agenda as the United Nations High Level...
- Posted August 18, 2014
Land Access and Youth Livelihood Opportunities in Southern EthiopiaThis study aims to examine current land access and youth livelihood opportunities in Southern Ethiopia. We used survey data from the relatively land abundant districts of Oromia Region and from the land scarce districts of Southern Nations, Nationalities...
- Posted August 1, 2014
Youth-Led Action Research on Land Commencement WorkshopThe land challenge is central to the broader youth dynamics of migration, employment, livelihoods and belonging. The more than 1.8 billion youth living worldwide represent not only a land challenge, but an untapped potential in moving the...
- Posted July 21, 2014
- Youth Advisory Board
The Journey of UN-Habitat Youth Advisory Board 2015-2017 “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in mission can alter the course of history”, said Mahatma Gandhi in his all-time popular quotes. These words...
- Posted July 21, 2014
Urban Youth FundThe UN-Habitat Urban Youth Fund empowers global youth by providing grants and capacity building to selected organizations in developing countries. Yearly, more than 8,000 youth-led organizations start the application process to be part of the program. Approximately...
- Posted July 15, 2014
Information Work and Youth, Getting started guidelines Volume 2This manual is about the core principles and procedures for the starting up of, delivery of, and monitoring of One Stop Youth Information Resource Services.
- Posted June 20, 2014
Community Mapping Guide , A youth community mapping toolkit for East Africa – Volume 3The concept of One Stop Centres grew out of a collaborative process with key stakeholders including youth, municipal leaders, and UN-HABITAT.
- Posted June 20, 2014
Young People , Participation and Sustainable Development in an Urbanizing WorldAlthough the proportion of young people in cities is growing rapidly, few studies take into account the diversity of and views on their urban experiences.
- Posted June 19, 2014
- THE 4th ASIA PACIFIC MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (APMCHUD), Youth and IT in Sustainable Urban Development
The Asia-Pacific region has more than half of its population composed of young people. The region is experiencing quite a number of positive developments but equally in the same measure registers quite a number of challenges amongst...
- Posted June 17, 2014
Urban Youth Research NetworkThe evaluation of UN-Habitat’s youth empowerment program identifies the need to expand the normative work of UN-Habitat’s work with youths. In order to do this there needs to be an expansion of capacity regarding relevant research so...
- Posted March 26, 2014
YouthBy 2030, as many as 60% of all urban dwellers will be under the age of 18. Find out more about youth and the challenges they are facing, as well as UN-Habitat's initiatives and solutions for the...
- Posted March 17, 2014
The State of Urban Youth 2012/2013 , Youth in the Prosperity of CitiesThe increasing prominence of the youth bulge in most urban areas presents a unique opportunity, as they represent the most dynamic human resource available.
- Posted June 17, 2013
Cities of Youth, Cities of prosperityYouth are key to the prosperity of cities in the developing world, yet many barriers prevent them from fulfilling this role - most notably access to education, vocational training, and employment.
- Posted June 17, 2013
Evaluation of the UN-HABITAT Youth Programme & Urban Youth FundThe evaluation of the UN-Habitat Youth Programme was mandated by UN-Habitat Governing Council resolution 21/6, which, among other things, requested the Executive Director to establish the Opportunities Fund for Urban Youth-led Development, and undertake an evaluation of...
- Posted June 23, 2011
Environment and Urbanization , Developing citizenship among urban youth in conflict with the lawThis paper summarizes the outcome of an international conference on addressing the issue of urban youth in conflict with the law in Africa.
- Posted July 16, 2008