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The State of Urban Youth 2012/2013  
View Details 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...
Year: 2013, Number of pages: 100, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Gender and Prosperity of Cities  
View Details 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...
Year: 2013, Number of pages: 100, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Les Formules de Tenure Partagee pour les Femmes  
View Details Cette publication fournit un tour d’horizon mondial des droits sur les biens matrimoniaux et de co-propriété, tant dans la législation qu’en pratique, et cherche à cerner des formes de tenure plus innovantes et susceptibles de bénéicier aux femmes.
Year: 2012, Number of pages: 100, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Gender and Urban Planning  
View Details 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...
Year: 2012, Number of pages: 74, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Young People  
View Details 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 ...
Year: 2012, Number of pages: 104, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Urban Youth Centre Setup Guide  
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Planning is half the job. Starting a centre is a huge task. Here is some practical advice and important things to remember in the process

This manual exists as one of a growing library of materials produced by UN-HABITAT for use by and in U...

Year: 2011, Number of pages: 44, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Information Work and Youth  
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This manual is about the core principles and procedures for the starting up of, delivery of, and monitoring of One Stop Youth Information Resource Services. Using the guidelines within this manual will enable service users (and potential users) to...

Year: 2011, Number of pages: 72, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Entrepreneurship Programming for Urban Youth Centres  
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The purpose of this Guide is to provide Urban Youth Centres, and municipalities in the process of setting up such Centres, with the following:

  • Context information about Urban Youth Centres and issues of youth-led development and under-...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 44, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Program Planning and Evaluation In Urban Youth Centres  
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This manual exists as one of a growing library of materials produced by UN-HABITAT for use by and in the One Stop and We Are the Future Urban Youth Centres. Current titles in this series, at time of publication, include:

  • Urban Youth Ce...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 44, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Improving Gender Equality and Grassroots Participation through Good Land Governance  
View Details This training package provides an introduction to the important, complex, and sometimes daunting theme of improving land governance as a means to enhance gender equality and grassroots participation in land matters. This training package is designed ...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 146, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Designing and Evaluating Land Tools with a Gender Perspective  
View Details It cannot be assumed that women and men benefit in the same way from initiatives in the land sector. Depending on the political, economic and cultural context, it is often women, and particularly poor women, who face significant barriers in obtaining...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 24, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Guía para la Prevención en Barrios: Hacia Políticas de Cohesión Social y Seguridad Ciudadana  
View Details Esta Guía, es parte de una serie de Publicaciones del Programa Ciudades más Seguras de la Agencia de Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos ONU-HABITAT, y ha sido elaborada por la Universidad Alberto Alberto Hurtado(UAH), de Chile. Esta publi...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 96, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Gender and Economic Development  
View Details This report surveys research and policy in the field of gender and economic development, with particular emphasis on economic literature and practice. The begins with a history of gender and economic development thought, and includes a statistical ov...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 166, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Evaluation of Gender Mainstreaming in UN-HABITAT  
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The objectives of the evaluation are to assess UN-HABITAT's efforts in mainstreaming gender across its programmes and policies, and the appropriateness of its institutional arrangements and strategic partnerships for the promotion of gender equali...

Year: 2011, Number of pages: 110, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Evaluation of the UN-HABITAT Youth Programme & Urban Youth Fund  
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The evaluation of the UN-Habitat Youth Programme was mandated by UN-Habitat Governing Council resolution 21/6, which, among other things, requested the Executive Director to establish the Opportunities Fund for Urban Youth-led Development, and und...

Year: 2011, Number of pages: 60, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
QUESTIONS TRANSVERSALES Outil d’évaluation pour la prévention du crime  
View Details Le présent Outil d’évaluation pour la prévention du crime est un instrument qui a été mis au point conjointement par l’Office des Nations Unies contre la drogue et le crime (UNODC) et le Programme des Nations Unies pour les établissements humains ...
Year: 2011, Number of pages: 72, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
State of the Urban Youth 2010/2011: Leveling the Playing Field  
View Details This report is based on data from UN-HABITAT’s Global Urban Indicator Database, as well as surveys of, and focus group discussions with, selected representative groups of young people in five major cities located in four developing regions: Rio de Ja...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 86, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Ideas To Action  
View Details This report represents the findings of two parallel surveys: a survey on Youth and Harmonious Urbanization and one on Youth-Led Development.
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 32, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
Working with Parliamentarians  
View Details Parliamentarians are very important and vibrant partners of UN-HABITAT in promoting sustainable housing and urban development. They are the representatives of the people and pressure group on the government to set the priorities of national agenda ...
Year: 2010, Number of pages: 40, Type of publication: Book Download electronic version (PDF)
UN-HABITAT Water and Sanitation books for Upper Primary  
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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...

Year: 2009, Number of pages: 16, Type of publication: Book
 
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