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People’s Dialogue on Human Settlements: SDI Federation
People’s Dialogue on Human Settlements is part of the Slum Dwellers International (SDI) Federation that is a member of The General Assembly of Partners (GAP),…
Botswana Shack Dwellers Federation: SDI Federation
Botswana Shack Dwellers Federation is part of the Slum Dwellers International (SDI) Federation that is a member of The General Assembly of Partners (GAP), Grassroots partner…
Angola Savers: SDI Federation
Angola Savers is part of the Slum Dwellers International (SDI) Federation that is a member of The General Assembly of Partners (GAP), Grassroots partner constituent…
Sheela Patel – The Federation Model of Community Organizing (Slum Dwellers International)
In the past two decades through a process called “Enumeration” through which the members collect at city level data about slums, Slum Dwellers International…
Stakeholders concerned over access to Habitat III negotiations
Worries focus on new rules governing this year’s urbanization conference — and push back on suggestions that those guidelines are the most progressive ever…
New Cities Alliance Joint Work Programme on Resilient Cities
The Cities Alliance is a global partnership for urban poverty reduction and the promotion of the role of cities in sustainable development. The Cities…
UN Announces High-Level Panel On Women’s Economic Empowerment
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the creation of the first High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment that will target the persistent economic gender gap across the…
Citiscope | The challenge and potential of informal settlements
The United Nations estimates that more than 860 million people are currently living in urban slums! It defines a slum as a place where…
Season 3 of UN-Habitat Urban Lectures launches
UPCOMING URBAN LECTURE RELEASES: 29 January: Steffen Lehmann, architect and urban designer 12 February: Ana Falu, National University of Argentina, Cordoba 26 February:…
INVITATION: International Design Competition For Kenya
UN-Habitat in collaboration with Ministry of Land, Housing & Urban Development: Urban Development Department, Kenya, is looking for creative planning and design ideas for…