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A big youth lobby at Rio +20  
Rio de Janeiro, 18 Jun 12
Over 2,000 young people from 120 countries at the weekend joined hands for a big Youth Blast, to ensure the voices of young people and their concerns are brought as high as possible onto the agenda of Rio +20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
UN-HABITAT's Urban Youth Fund awards 59 small grants to urban youth-led projects in 43 countries  
Nairobi, 15 Aug 11
Now in its third year, the Urban Youth Fund established by UN-HABITAT with funding from the Government of Norway has supported several thousand young people
UN-HABITAT publications on university syllabus  
Nairobi, 22 Jun 11
The University of Missouri-St. Louis has placed four key UN-HABITAT publications on its syllabus.
Kicking off a new sports initiative  
Nairobi, 9 Apr 11
Soita Shitanda, Kenyan Minister for Housing and UN-HABITAT Executive Director Joan Clos presented Nairobi's slum youth with fifty footballs donated by Hyundai to promote sports development in urban areas.
Safer cities for women  
New Delhi, 2 Dec 10
UN-HABITAT and UNIFEM have announced that they plan to launch a new programme aimed at stopping sexual harassment and violence against women and girls.
International essay competition winners announced  
Nairobi, 12 Aug 10
The winners of 2010 UN-HABITAT International Essay Competition have been announced. The three winners were announced in Nairobi on Monday ending a drawn out search that saw reviews of hundreds of interesting essays submitted by young people from around the world.
Vuvuzela sounds as youth initiative is launched  
Garankuwa, South Africa, 11 Jul 10
Just hours before the historic FIFA World Cup final match kicked off in South Africa on Sunday, UN-HABITAT and its partners launched a major initiative aimed at making Africa's young people more productive and keep them away from delinquency.
Yes we can, African youth declare  
Pretoria, 10 Jul 10
A group of young people from Eastern and South Africa meeting in Pretoria on Saturday declared that they were indeed the people who will bring solution to the myriad problems facing their countries.
The UN-HABITAT Urban Youth Fund is now open for applications  
Nairobi, 15 Feb 10
Youth-led organizations in developing countries working to improve the lives of young people and their communities can now seek financing for their projects through the UN-HABITAT Urban Youth Fund. The Fund will provide grants for innovative projects that promote employment, good governance, shelter and secure tenure.
Strong support for youth at cities summit  
Marrakesh, 22 Dec 09
A lively debate at the African cities summit explored ways of engaging youth for the betterment of themselves and their communities.
Pakistan, UN-HABITAT host workshop on Gender in Water and Sanitation  
Islamabad, 15 Dec 09
UN-HABITAT and the Pakistan Institute for Environment-Development Action Research organized a one-day National Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene convened by the Pakistani Ministry of Environment on 14 December, 2009.
Vocational Trainings Launched at the Moonbeam Youth Training Centre  
Nairobi, 30 Nov 09
Comprehensive intensive entrepreneurship, business planning and cooperative management trainings were recently launched at the Moonbeam Training Centre, Mavoko, Nairobi.
Rwandan Youth get Information and Communication Technology skills  
Kigali, 30 Nov 09
Some 188 youth recently completed training in information and communication technology (ICT) at the WAF-One Stop Centre in Kigali.
New agreement boosts role of grassroots women  
Washington, 5 Oct 09
UN-HABITAT has signed a milestone agreement with the Huairou Commission to strengthen the involvement of grassroots women in projects and programmes for better housing and sustainable urban development.
UN-HABITAT fund awards 67 youth projects around the world  
Nairobi, 30 Sept 09
UN-HABITAT has awarded grants from its new Opportunities Fund for Urban Youth-Led Development to 67 projects proposed by young people from around the world.
UN-HABITAT Youth Opportunities Fund Advisory Committee Meets  
Nairobi, 18 Sept 09
The UN-HABITAT Advisory Committee of the Opportunities Fund for Urban Youth-Led Development met for the first time at the organization headquarters in Nairobi on September 18, 2009.
Training for youth on low cost housing launched in Dar  
Dar es Salaam, 17 Sept 09
The Dar es Salaam Habitat Youth Centre and its subcontractor, the National Housing Research and Building Agency together with City Temeke municipality have started a professional training for youth on low cost construction.
Gender training on local governance takes off in Israel  
Haifa, 3 Sept 09
A comprehensive two-week gender course for trainers of local governments is underway in Haifa, Israel.
Kenyan youth trained in Hydraform building technology  
Kitui,Kenya, 1 Sept 09
Some 30 youths drawn from Kenyan slums have started a training course in a low cost building technology, the result of partnership between UN-HABITAT and a local children’s home.
Kenyan government donates land for new homes  
Nairobi, 27 Jul 09
Kenya’s Ministry of Lands has granted UN-HABITAT title to almost 55 acres to be used to build affordable housing and to improve the livelihoods of people living and working in slums.
UN-HABITAT homes draw female teachers in Uganda trouble spot  
Lira, Uganda, 15 Jul 09
New homes built by UN-HABITAT for teachers in the district of Lira in northern Uganda will attract female teachers in a community recovering from two decades of war and in need of strong female role models, say local school inspectors.
New UN-HABITAT library initiative for poor communities  
Nairobi,Kenya, 13 Jul 09
UN-HABITAT and the Kenya National Library Services have signed a new library deal whereby cargo containers will be used to serve poor communities. The idea of the Container Library Project, a first of its kind in Kenya, is to help people living in informal settlements get access to reading material, business and education opportunities.
Arab Youth speak out on Urban Issues  
Aleppo, 8 Jul 09
Arab youth, researchers and practitioners from across the Middle East and North Africa convened in Aleppo, Syria last week to share lessons learned and best practices related to vulnerable and margnalized children and youth in the region.
After decades of civil war, UN-HABITAT helps with a new start in Northern Uganda  
Lira, 6 Jul 09
UN-HABITAT Executive Director, Mrs Anna Tibaijuka last week attended a ceremony on in Northern Uganda, to celebrate the completion and presentation to the district of Lira of 64 new homes for teachers built by UN-HABITAT for 16 schools accommodating some 10,000 pupils.
Gender experts review reports on women’s empowerment  
Nairobi, 1 Jul 09
Experts from all over the world converged in Nairobi today for a three-day meeting to review reports on a global assessment of gender mainstreaming in local governance.
Innovative fund proves a big hit with global youth groups  
Nairobi, 30 Jun 09
The innovative youth fund launched by UN-HABITAT has proved immensely popular, attracting applications from youth groups scattered from nearly all corners of the globe.
UN sports envoy visits UN-HABITAT  
Nairobi,Kenya, 22 Jun 09
The Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, Mr. Wilfried Lemke, held talks with officials at UN-HABITAT headquarters in Nairobi last week to explore new ways of using sports to help improve the lives of young people living in poverty.
Brazilian President pledges support for WUF5  
Rio de Janeiro, 18 Jun 09
Government at UN-HABITAT's Committee of Permanent Representatives applauded Brazilian President Lula da Silva government’s commitment for a successful World Urban Forum . The Forum will be held in March 2010.
Youth from informal settlements get business and organizational skills  
Nairobi, 8 Jun 09
Over the past years, the urban population has continued to rise at unprecedented rates as more and more people move from rural to urban areas in search of better opportunities and “living standards”, majority of who are the youth.
UN-HABITAT and UNIFEM fighting violence against women  
New York, 4 Jun 09
UN-HABITAT and UNIFEM this week signed a global pact to tackle violence against women and girls in the world’s cities.
Using the Olympics to promote a better urban future  
Lausanne, 13 May 09
The Olympic movement last week committed itself at a meeting with UN agencies to use its influence to promote peace and development through sports events it organizes around the world.
Speaking out on urbanisation, food and cities  
New York, 12 May 09
UN-HABITAT Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, hosted a special meeting for delegates attending the 17th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development this month at which she explained that the urbanization of our planet is unstoppable.
Young people lobby governments hard  
Nairobi, 7 Apr 09
Young people joined UN-HABITAT and its partners for a week of hard lobbying of member governments in the Governing Council that oversees the agency’s work programme. Their message: with ever growing numbers of young people in the world’s growing cities, young voices must be heeded.
Kenyan musician new Messenger of Truth  
Nairobi, 3 Apr 09
Kenyan songbird Sara Mitaru is the new UN-HABITAT Messenger of Truth.
UN-HABITAT avails funds for pro-poor housing  
Nairobi, 2 Apr 09
In an attempt to confront the current economic crisis by encouraging pro-poor investment in housing, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, today signed six agreements with project partners from Argentina, Bangladesh, Kenya, Nepal, Tanzania and Uganda with the aim of providing funds for affordable housing and infrastructure.
Housing for the poor can be bankable  
Nairobi, 1 Apr 09
Even during the worst financial crisis in eighty years, it is still possible to provide finance for houses for the poor, participants at the 22nd Session of the Governing Council of UN-HABITAT concluded on Monday.
Enormous support for books in slums  
Nairobi, 31 Mar 09
UN-HABITAT received many pledges from United Nations staff, organizations and Governing Council delegates to give books and audio visual material for communities in slums in response the agency’s Book into the future appeal.
A new UN-HABITAT youth fund  
Nairobi, 25 Mar 09
Youth-led organizations working to improve to improve urban living conditions in developing countries can now seek financing for their projects through a new UN-HABITAT fund provided by Norway, the agency announced on Wednesday.
Ban Ki-moon to talk to mountaineers on Mount Kilimanjaro  
Nairobi, Kenya, 25 Feb 09
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will ask a youth group climbing Africa’s highest mountain at the weekend to call him on a satellite telephone from the summit and brief him on the melting glaciers and the impact climate change is having on Mount Kilimanjaro.
UN-HABITAT Launches Opportunities Fund for Urban Youth-Led Development  
Nanjing, 5 Nov 08
UN-HABITAT on Tuesday unveiled a groundbreaking US$2 million fund to finance inspiring youth-led development projects around the world.
World Urban Youth Forum draws to a close  
Nanjing, 3 Nov 08
The hugely successful World Urban Youth Forum drew to a close in Nanjing with calls for more inclusion of young people in decision making.
Speaking at the forum's closing ceremony; the Vice chairman of Jiangsu Youth Federation,
UN-HABITAT launches World Urban Youth Forum  
Nanjing, China, 2 Nov 08
More than 500 youth activists from over 50 countries world-wide, gathered on Saturday in Nanjing, China, for the opening of the UN-HABITAT World Urban Youth Forum.
UN-HABITAT joins partners of the Decade of Roma Inclusion  
Belgrade, Serbia, 4 Sept 08
UN-HABITAT has joined the international partners of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015 at the invitation of the Decade’s Presidency, currently held by Serbia.
Executive Director meets China’s Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development  
Beijing, 12 Aug 08
China’s Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Mr. Jiang Weixin, on Monday received UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka to discuss a wide range of housing matters and arrangements for the fourth session of the World Urban Forum scheduled in the Chinese city of Nanjing 3-6 November.
Film workshop for slum youth opens at UN-HABITAT headquarters  
Nairobi, 11 Aug 08
A week-long workshop on film-making organized jointly by UN-HABITAT and the National Film Board of Canada for youth drawn from slum areas in Nairobi opened at the UN-HABITAT headquarters Monday.
UN-HABITAT Executive Director to attend Olympics opening ceremony ahead of talks with Chinese Government  
Beijing, 5 Aug 08
UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, will attend the Olympic Games opening ceremony on 8 August ahead of talks with senior Chinese officials on how the agency can further support China at a time the country is experiencing the most rapid urbanisation in its history.
UN-HABITAT joins hands with International Union of Architects  
Turin, 10 Jul 08
UN-HABITAT and the International Union of Architects (UIA) have embarked on a five-year cooperation plan
Advancing social entrepreneurship  
Nairobi, 1 Jul 08
UN HABITAT, the University of Colorado and partners held a two-day seminar this week to launch a new research study in Kenya,
Microsoft donates computers to Kenyan youth  
Nairobi, 30 Jun 08
Microsoft East Africa last Friday donated a total of 210 computers to the Youth Empowerment Programmes in Kenya under the Ministry of Youth and Sports four of which went to the One Stop youth centre, an initiative of City Council of Nairobi supported by UN-HABITAT.
Kenyan slum youth to benefit from UN Secretary-General’s donation  
Nairobi, 23 Jun 08
Young people drawn from two Nairobi slums are set to be the first beneficiaries of a donation by UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-moon which is being administered by UN-HABITAT.
 
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