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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. One in every three city residents will live in inadequate housing with no or few basic services.
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Youth NEWS

UN-HABITAT awards 51 global youth empowerment projects
Nairobi - 11/08/2010

UN-HABITAT has awarded grants from its Urban Youth Fund to 51 projects proposed by young people from around the world.

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Opportunities

This fund promotes the poverty reduction aims of Millennium Development Goals and the Habitat Agenda for better, more sustainable and equitable towns and cities throughout the developing world. It provides grants ranging from USD 5,000 to USD 25,000 for new ideas and solutions for job creation, good governance, adequate shelter and secure tenure.Read more.

Messengers of Truth

Some of the world’s leading popular artists and musicians from Brazil, Colombia, Kenya, Greenland, Sudan, Germany and South Africa work with UN-HABITAT to raise awareness of urban issues.  Through their performances, they tell passionate stories and highlight issues ranging women’s rights to urban slum conditions.Read more


Children

In 2009, UN-HABITAT launched its new children’s series of books on water and sanitation. Enjoy the stories!



HIGHLIGHTS
Youth Fund
VIDEOS

A ray of hope for youth living in slums
A ray of hope for youth living in slums

EVENTS
World Urban Youth Assembly 2010
19 to 20 March 2010
World Habitat Day
Messengers of Truth Urban Arts and Youth Summit
PUBLICATIONS

View Details State of the Urban Youth 2010/2011: Leveling the Playing Field
View Details Youth entrepreneurship & empowerment
View Details The UN-HABITAT Urban Youth Fund

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