Following a long process of negotiations, regional and thematic meetings, and issue papers produced by policy units, the Zero Draft (ZD) of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) was released on
Through our activism and advocacy, the Huairou Commission has publicized women’s priorities and existing good practices. Reaction to the Draft New Urban Agenda in advance of Habitat III PrepCom3.
In 2012, UN-Habitat established the Advisory Group on Gender Issues (AGGI) as an independent body to advise the Executive Director on all issues related to gender issues in the agency’s
The study examines how over 70 grassroots women-led groups in 7 countries in Africa—Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe—are using a gender empowerment framework to help women and
Lumanti Support Group for Shelter is a non-governmental organization dedicated towards alleviation of urban poverty in Nepal through the improvement of shelter conditions in slum and squatter settlements.
The lack of land ownership and control over housing are destructive to the everyday lives of women in much of Africa. Women’s groups are responding in innovative ways to change
A handbook on community mapping, a participatory process for assessing the situations in a community and documenting the knowledge of community members.
The objectives of this handbook are to: provide an overview of some of the basic concepts and central issues in M&E; introduce an overall framework that will help grassroots women
Two stories of the Land & Housing Campaign in Latin America: “The Bright Light of Luna Creciente,” an Interview with Ecuadorian Grassroots Leader Elva Ulcuango; and “An Unusual Community,” and
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