Young Somali women complete training in construction skills and ready to work
Garowe, Puntland, Somalia, February 2019 – In Somalia, it is extremely rare to see a woman working in the construction
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Four start-ups launched in Jubbaland following intensive training of youth in construction skills
Programme participants at the graduation ceremony in Kismayo, Jubbaland. March 2019 Kismayo, Somalia – As part of the Somalia Strengthening Institutions for Public
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High level visit puts spotlight on the resilience of young women and men
Nairobi–30 December 2017 – Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on
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Launch of City Champions for UN Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security
April 2019, New York – The 2019 Youth Forum of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) hosted youth participants
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Norwegian UN Day celebration focuses on youth and the localization of the Sustainable Development Goals
The Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg (centre) with the UN Scroll of Honour winner Isaac Muasa (2nd from left)
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It’s a festival at UN complex as youth day is marked
Nairobi, 10 August 2018 – A festive mood engulfed the usually staid United Nations complex in Nairobi when hundreds of young
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Young people create Youth DeclarACTION for New Urban Agenda
Quito, 14 October 2016 – Young people participating at the YoutHab Conference have gathered in Quito, Ecuador, to develop a “DeclarACTION” to seek
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UN-Habitat supporting youth entrepreneurship in Kuwait
Kuwait City, 27 May 2016- Ms Ameera Al- Hassan, UN-Habitat’s assistant head of Kuwait office, presented an empowering presentation on youth
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UN-Habitat partner with Africa’s youth on New Urban Agenda
Nairobi 21 March 2016– Starting in Nairobi, Kenya and ending in Abuja, Nigeria, UN-Habitat and its partners the Major Group for
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Amman Youth Declaration Calls For Action From Local Governments On Peacebuilding
Amman, 26 August 2015 – The Amman Youth Declaration on youth and peacebuilding has been adopted by the more than 400 youth delegates attending the
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