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International Conference on the Sate of Safety in World Cities Conference Recommendations |
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Participants representing cities, national governments, intergovernmental agencies, NGOs and civil society, academic and expert organizations, from 5 continents gathered at the International Conference on the State of safety in world cities to discuss issues of urban safety with regards to governance, slum upgrading, youth, women, policing, small arms and migration. The recommendations emerging from such discussions are presented below.
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Expert Group Meeting On Gender-Friendly Sustainable Cities in Asia and the Pacific: Rebuilding Communities Affected by Disaster and Conflict |
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Gender mainstreaming is a crucial aspect of good urban governance, as we work together towards making the international community peaceful, equitable and stable. It is quite certain that gender mainstreaming has been substantially improved, compared to 30 years ago, though it has not yet advanced to the point of creating balanced societies.
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Gender and Post-crisis Reconstruction (DRAFT 0): A Practitioner’s Handbook |
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The nature and frequency of both natural and human-caused disasters have changed dramatically in recent decades. Nowadays disasters often comprise a toxic mix of trans-border or global phenomena which threaten the life or wellbeing of people. For example, chronic poverty, massive population movements, organized trans-border crime, environmental degradation and an increased spread of deadly infectious diseases make the impact of disasters or conflict worse and the affected population more vulnerable to new or additional threats. In addition, the irreversible trend towards urbanization puts particular emphasis on urban risk, which comprises factors such as violence, unemployment, pollution, and poor health.
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Sustainable Relief and Reconstruction - Synopsis from World Urban Forum II & III |
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For more than 10 years, UN-HABITAT has been operating in humanitarian and crisis situations, supporting efforts by national governments, local authorities and civil society to strengthen their capacities to manage and recover from human- made and natural disasters and mitigate future disasters. Having acknowledged the discontinuity within the international aid community between the short-term humanitarian imperative and longer- term reconstruction and development priorities, UN-HABITAT has offered its own specific perspectives on bridging this divide.
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Women's safety audits for a safer urban design: Results of the pilot audit (25 August 2007) |
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Feelings of insecurity and fear of crime and violence are highest in large cities. Urban design and planning do not create violence or other forms of assault, but they do create an environment that offers greater or lesser opportunities for violence. Making public spaces physically safer is one way to reduce the opportunities for assaults and the fear of crime.
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Resolution of the International Youth-led Development Platform |
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The gathering of the international youth organizations and groups during the process of the international youth and crime prevention summit has resolved to establish the International Youth-led Development Platform under the auspices of Baobabconnections.
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Summary Report 2007-2009 - Implementation of UN-HABITAT Strategic Policy on Human Settlements in Crisis (SPHSC) |
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In its 27th Regular meeting of December 6th, 2007,
UN-HABITAT’s Committee of Permanent Representatives
endorsed the “Strategic Policy on Human Settlements
and Crisis” concluding a four year policy development
exercise undertaken in consultation with partners and
discussed during two successive Governing Councils (20
and 21). The process began with the development of the
“Sustainable Relief and Reconstruction Framework” – a
conceptual framework articulating two key principles;
the fi rst - in times of crisis, the highest possible development
gain can be made in the shortest possible timeframe,
and the second - a set of strategic interventions
in an emergency phase, if integrated in sustainable
development goals, can both reduce the period of crisis
and build a platform for early recovery and development.
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International Conference on the Sate of Safety in World Cities Conference Recommendations