The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has kicked off a new and exciting opportunity for people who want to mentor youth-led organizations from around the world and help them to become active citizens in their communities and bring about global change. The UN-Habitat Urban Youth Fund is dedicated to empowering global youth by providing […]
The Envoy on Youth Ahmad Alhendawi is on a week-long official mission to Africa, where he will visit Kenya and Ethiopia, to conduct a series of meetings with UN and African Union (AU) officials, as well as with local youth groups. On Monday morning, Alhendawi met with the Director of the UN Office in Nairobi […]
Participating in his first side event during the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations, the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi, spoke at a seminar organised by UN-Habitat and the Global Land Tool Network in New York on Securing Land and Property Rights for All. Today the world counts 1.8 billion youth in the […]
Some 30 young people drawn from Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda gathered in Karen, Nairobi, last week for a training organized by UN-Habitat called ‘Hands-on training course on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies for Youth Empowerment’. Biogas - easily made© UN-Habitat/Gonzalez The training, running from 8 to 12 July 2013 was held by
On the sidelines of the Commission on Social Development meeting in New York this week, the U.S. Mission to the UN and the International Labour Organization (ILO) convened a special forum bringing together key stakeholders to explore the challenges in implementing successful strategies. Salient facts that came out of the forum were that young people
The Commonwealth Local Government Young People's Forum (CLGYPF) took place on 13-14 May 2013 at the Munyonyo Conference Centre, Kampala, Uganda in the lead-up to the Commonwealth Local Governments Conference (CLGC) . The youth forum brought together young professionals, elected councillors and other key stakeholders working with local government across the Commonwealth to examine what
Leaders of the Kenyan chapter of the Organization of African Youth (OAY) paid a courtesy call on UN-Habitat to thank the agency for its support in hosting the African Youth conference on the Post 2015 Development Agenda that was held on 17th to 19th December 2012. The conference's aim was to address the role of
UN-Habitat released on Wednesday two landmark reports on women and youth which reveal that cities must resolve the issues affecting the two segments of society. State of Women in Cities Report says that equitable, inclusive and prosperous cities need to harness the full potential of all citizens – men, women, and the youth. This is
On 17 May, the UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth Mr Ahmad Alhendawi hosted his first ever Google+ Hangout, under the theme “ONE UN: Uniting for Youth”. The Google+ Hangout focused on the Envoy’s role, and some of the key initiatives of the United Nations on youth and how it plans to engage youth at […]
UN-Habitat has announced a new international competition on the “Urban Revitalization of Mass Housing”, initiated by the Global Housing Strategy’s campaign on “Placing Housing at the Centre” which seeks to address the challenges currently facing mass/social/public housing around the globe whilst introducing Academic Social Responsibility (ASR) and encouraging Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). From 1 September
