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| The State of Urban Youth 2012/2013 |
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The increasing prominence of the youth bulge in most urban areas presents a unique opportunity, as they represent the most dynamic human resource available. Their numbers today are larger than at any point in human history. Yet this group suffers the...
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Year: 2013,
Number of pages: 100, Type of publication: Book
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| Gender and Prosperity of Cities |
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There are two main standpoints that propagate the benefits of urbanisation. One is that cities are associated with opportunities for wealth generation. Concomitant to this is the idea that urban women supposedly enjoy greater social, economic, politi...
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Year: 2013,
Number of pages: 100, Type of publication: Book
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| Cities of Youth |
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Youth 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. It is crucial that governments and institutions assis...
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Year: 2013,
Number of pages: 80, Type of publication: Book
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| Housing and Slum Upgrading |
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Access to adequate housing is a fundamental human right and is enshrined in numerous international agreements and conventions. Yet millions of women and men continue to live in towns and cities without security of tenure and with inadequate housing a...
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Year: 2013,
Number of pages: 50, Type of publication: Book
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| A Compendium of Case Studies on Gender Mainstreaming Initiatives in UN-Habitat |
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Whilst we recognize that much work has been done in the mainstreaming of gender equality in human settlement, UN-Habitat acknowledges that much more is required. This compendium of case studies is designed to bring into one document some of the gende...
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Year: 2013,
Number of pages: 110, Type of publication: Book
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| UN-Habitat One Stop Youth Center Model |
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The One Stop Youth Centre is a partnership between UN-Habitat and local governments. Its model recognizes that youth engagement and empowerment through training and capacity development is pertinent to addressing the challenges faced by young peop...
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Year: 2013,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Gender Equality Action Plan |
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This report is a documented progress on the implementation of the GEAP
covering period from April 2010 to August 2012.
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Year: 2013,
Number of pages: 58, Type of publication: Book
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| World Urban Youth Assembly 4 |
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Participation of Youth representatives from developing
Countries at the UN-Habitat World Urban Youth Assembly and
World Urban Forum 6
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Year: 2013,
Number of pages: 74, Type of publication: Book
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| Gender and Urban Planning |
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If policies to improve and enhance places are to address gender inequality, they must also take into account the issues and needs of both women and men. The policy implications are clear. Gender-sensitive urban planning starts with the needs of peopl...
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Year: 2012,
Number of pages: 74, Type of publication: Book
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| Young People |
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Although the proportion of young people in cities is growing rapidly, few studies take into account the diversity of and views on their urban experiences. This is an examination of the lives, capacities, and agencies of urban youth in the developing ...
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Year: 2012,
Number of pages: 104, Type of publication: Book
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| Youth 21: Building an Architecture for Youth Engagement in the UN Sytem |
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The Youth 21: Building an Architecture for Youth Engagement in the UN System report explores how youth have been historically engaged within the UN system. The report highlights both the challenges and the successes of youth’s engagement, and buildin...
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Year: 2012,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Youth Empowerment for Urban Development |
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The approach of UN-Habitat’s Youth Empowerment Programme is to explore and demonstrate how youth-led initiatives can make a significant and unique contribution to accelerating the drive towards sustainable urbanization and achievement of the Millenni...
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Year: 2012,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| ICT, Urban Governance and Youth |
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The ICT, Urban Governance and Youth is the fourth report in the Global Youth-Led Development series. The report aims to develop a conceptual framework to accommodate rapidly changing dynamics in three areas of urban development: the demographics of t...
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Year: 2012,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Urban Youth and Sport for Development |
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The potential of sport as a tool for development is being harnessed by a range of organizations across the world. The United Nations has argued that “well-designed sport-based initiatives are practical and cost-effective tools to achieve objectives i...
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Year: 2012,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| State of the Field in Youth-Led Development |
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Informed by earlier findings from a web-based survey of youth-led development initiatives, this report analyzes data derived from UN-Habitat Urban Youth Fund projects. It focuses only on registered youth-led groups, drawing on application and monitor...
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Year: 2012,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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| Experiences and Lessons from the Urban Youth Fund Grantees in Africa and Asia |
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Informed by in-depth case studies of 13 youth fund funded projects, it analyzes experiences and lessons-learned from these projects. In contrast to the first two reports, it is having a more in-depth focus on a few selected projects. The reader is en...
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Year: 2012,
, Type of publication: Promotional Material
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