Despite progress on women’s rights, rights to land and security of tenure are not enjoyed equally by women and men in many parts of the world. This goes a...

UN-HABITAT, the United Nations agency for human settlements, helps the urban poor by transforming cities into safer, healthier, greener places with better opportunities where everyone can live in dignity. UN-HABITAT works with organizations at eve...

The Magic Waterman

Everyone thinks that Mzee Marende is a witch because he always has enough water, even to spare, when other people do not have water t...

Tomi has a Tummy Ache
Tomi disregards all advice he has been given about drinking clean, boiled water. He regrets it immediately as suffers terribly. Find out w...

World Habitat Day provides an excellent opportunity to highlight key human settlements issues. We would like to thank all our partners who in past years have organized awareness raising activities on the day and have described the celebrations t...

UN-HABITAT recognizes young people as active participants in the development of human settlements, the UN parlance for towns and cities. Today’s younger generation is already coming up with and implementing successful community-building projects i...

This publication from the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) belongs to a series of research reports examining the changing landscape of land tenure security in developing countries. The intent is to provide up-to-date information to land professio...

Urban crime and violence are at the top of the agenda for many people living in cities. Ask any woman: crime, in its various forms, is their number one concern, particularly those who live in the poorest neighbourhoods. In the decade since UN-HA...