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Gender and Women Roundtable Report (2010) |
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Held on 24 March 2010 as part of the fifth World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Gender and Women Roundtable “Towards
Safer Cities for Women,” was hosted by the Huairou Commission, Women and Cities International and the Women and Habitat
Network of Latin America, in partnership with UN-HABITAT.
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Gender Equality Action Assembly Report (2010) |
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This report documents the proceedings of UN-HABITAT’S Gender Equality Action Assembly, 19-20 March 2010, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, prior to the fifth World Urban Forum. Attended by 361 participants from 35 countries, the Gender Equality Action Assembly united UN-HABITAT partners and staff in assessing progress on the implementation of UN-HABITAT’s Gender Equality Action Plan (2008-2013).
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Pakistan Provincial Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in Water and Sanitation |
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The Provincial Orientation Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in Water and Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) was held on 21st – 22nd November 2009 in Islamabad as the inaugural event of a series of workshops on gender mainstreaming in WASH Programmes, planned at the provincial level by UN-HABITAT in Pakistan,in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and other UN Agencies, for celebration of the National Year of Environment 2009.
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Women's Safety Audits - What Works Where |
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Preliminary results from a 2007 global survey of 163 local government-community partnerships on women’s safety found that the assessment and action tool most often used is the women’s safety audit. This report examines best practices, local adaptations, positive and negative outcomes and suggestions for future use of the women’s safety audit tool based on a review of the literature as well as surveys and interviews with organizations around the world that have used the tool.
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Global Assessment on Women's Safety |
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UN-HABITAT has collaborated with the Huairou Commission, Women in Cities International and Red Mujer y Habitat to conduct this Global Assessment on Women's Safety, which is an extensive review of tools and strategies promoting women's safety on the global, regional, national and local levels.
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Islam, Land and Property Research series |
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UN-HABITAT’s (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) global mandate and activities promoting access to land and protecting security of tenure are derived from a range of international human rights and development standards.
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“A New Strategy to Close the Gender Divide,” printed in Urban World (July 2009) |
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The combined impact of rapid urbanisation, climate change and global economic downturn is creating further inequalities between men and women in cities, especially among the poor. UN-HABITAT’s new Gender Equality Action Plan is helping to address these inequalities.
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Report on the Pre-Governing Council Partners Consultation on the Gender Equality Action Plan, 28-29 March 2009, Nairobi, Kenya |
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This consultation provided a forum for partners to learn about UN-HABITAT’s Gender Equality Action Plan and discuss contributions from partner organizations towards its implementation. The GEAP is an institutional strategy to reduce gender discrimination and promote gender equality in human settlements development. Participants included representatives from women’s NGOs, housing rights organisations, local government development organisations, women’s land access trusts and UN-HABITAT programme staff.
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A Rapid Gender Assessment Of The Cities Of Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore and Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, India |
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A Rapid Gender Assessment of the water and sanitation services in the four cities was undertaken by our partner Mahila Chetna Manch, a non-governmental organisation based in Bhopal. It forms the basis of gender mainstreaming strategy for water and sanitation initiatives in these cities. The assessment highlights the critical need for gender disaggregated data in water supply and sanitation services, and the importance of gender-sensitive indicators and gender audits to properly inform water and sanitation policies and strategies.
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A Synthesis Report of Rapid Gender and Pro-Poor Assessments in the 17 Cities of the Water for African Cities (WAC) II Programme |
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This Report is a synthesis report of the participatory and Rapid Gender Assessment (RGA) Reports that were conducted in the 17 cities of the Water for African Cities (WAC) II Programme. They represent the first stage of the Gender Mainstreaming Strategy Initiative of the WAC. The RGA Reports provide the baseline data and priority recommendations for pro-poor gender mainstreaming of the WAC programmes of the cities. The Reports are the result of the work of the following Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) Facilitators, the RGA Teams, and the women and men in slums and informal settlements in each respective city Many thanks to all of them for the effort and commitment they put into their Reports.
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Woman-headed households suffer disproportionately from inadequate housing |
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This extract from the State of the World’s Cities 2008/2009 report, sheds light on the prevalence of woman-headed households in urban households, which lack more than one “shelter deprivation.” These can relate to a lack of durable housing, overcrowding, problems accessing safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation services, or insecurity of tenure. Approximately 20 per cent of the households in the 160 sample cities in UN-HABITAT’s Urban Indicators database are headed by women.
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UN-HABITAT working with young men and women. |
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UN-HABITAT working with young men and women.
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City For All Generations: Focus on Ageing Population |
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Paper Prepared for the World Urban Forum IV, Dialogue 6, Nanjing, 3-6 November, 2008
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Creating Livable Cities for All Ages: Intergenerational Strategies and Initiatives |
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High-income countries at present tend to have relatively large and growing aging populations. Conversely, in most low-income countries children and youth account for very large proportions of the population. Notwithstanding these divergent demographic situations, current and projected changes in the composition and distribution of population in high- and low-income countries alike provide opportunities for strengthening weakened social safety nets, promoting economic sustainability, and improving social integration in cities by adopting development strategies that support intergenerational initiatives.
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Global Partnership Initiative |
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The greatest threat youth face today is exclusion and marginalization from
decisions that affect them. Unemployment, crime, HIV/AIDS, neglect by the
authorities and often abandonment to their fate because of various forms of
discrimination top the list of problems young people face in African towns
and cities. At the same time, urban youth in developing countries possess
immense potential to contribute to social development if afforded the right
opportunities. The challenge of putting youth at the centre of development
strategies can be compared to the challenge, two decades ago, of putting
women and gender issues on the development agenda. It is no longer
conceivable that problems of developing countries can be resolved without
focusing on the role of women. A similar paradigm shift is required with
respect to youth in development
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Opportunities fund Brochure |
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During the 21st session of the Governing Council that oversees the work programme and budget of UN-HABITAT, member countries in 2007 passed a resolution calling on the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT set up a special fund to help young people living in poverty. Championed by Norway, the new Opportunities Fund for urban youth-led development is designed to improve understanding, and lead to more effective ways of involving young people in sustainable urban development.
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UN-HABITAT & Youth Brochure |
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UN-HABITAT has devised a Youth strategy for enhanced engagement to present an integrated approach to urban youth development, to guide the operational activities of the agency when working with young people. It will provide a road map for the promotion of urban youth empowerment. UN-HABITAT actively promotes the implementation of youth programmes, working directly with youth-led groups.
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Moonbeam Brochure November 2008 |
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The United Nations World Youth Report 2007 states that youth make up 25 per cent of the global working-age population, but account for 43.7 per cent of the unemployed. In the Africa region, 27 percent of youth are neither in school nor at work, a situation the report stresses can lead to frustration, delinquency and social
exclusion.
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International Youth Day and the National Youth Week 2008 activities in Kenya |
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The international youth Day was marked on 12th August 2008 all over the World. The celebrations were organized by UN HABITAT in collaboration with the Nairobi Area Youth Workers Network, One Stop Youth Resource Centre, Environment Youth Alliance, The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and City Council of Nairobi. Youth from all walks of life took part in various activities that demonstrated their contribution towards addressing the day’s theme: Climate Change: Time for Action.
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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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The Urban Penalty: The Poor Die Young |
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The five illnesses that cause more than half of the deaths amongst children are pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria,
measles and HIV/AIDS. Studies indicate that the prevalence of these killer diseases in urban slums is due to bad
living conditions rather than income levels. For instance, municipal supplies of safe drinking water rarely penetrate
slums. It is common for pit latrines to be shared by thousands of people.
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Urban Features: Children, Slums' First Casualties |
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The average age of the developing world’s population is 16 years compared to a global average of 28 years. Nearly half the global population was born less than a quarter century ago. With 1.2 billion people under 15, it can be said that the world belongs to young people. But for the millions of youth in slums, the present as well as the future is grim.
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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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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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UN-HABITAT and Youth |
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According to UN-HABITAT’s State of the World’s Cities Report 2006/7, the year 2007 will mark a turning point in human history - the urban population will for the first time equal the world’s rural population and the number of slum dwellers in the world cross the one billion mark.
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Facts on Youth |
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In cities of the developed world, more jobs are being created in the financial sector and in informal management as a result of globalization, while in the developing world, trends point toward an increasing “informalization” of the urban economy, as the formal sector fails to provide adequate employment opportunities for the number of young people and adults seeking work.
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Urban Youth and Sport for Development
City For All Generations: Focus on Ageing Population