COVID-19

The Sports Climate Crises - A Need for Action

The Sports Climate Crises – A Need for Action

By Erik Berg Chairman, Habitat Norway. Retired diplomat and development worker Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Former President of Asker Football and Member of the Municipal Sports Council. Deputy Chair UN Habitat’s Advisory Group on Gender Issues 2018 — ; We are witnessing an accelerating multiple, man-made climate, food and environment crisis. COVID-19 is only a warning of

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Asia-Pacific Region. Post Covid-19: Building Back Better Through Youth-Inclusive Solutions

9 April 2021, New York. – The 10th ECOSOC Youth Forum’s Asia-Pacific Regional Session (‘Asia-Pacific Region. Post Covid-19: Building Back Better Through Youth-Inclusive Solutions’) took place on April 8th online. The event was co-led by Asia Pacific Interagency Network on Youth (APINY) and Asia-Pacific Youth Caucus, Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) and co-organised by

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Youth Are Key In Fight Against COVID-19

Author: Raphael Obonyo, Public Policy Analyst As COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues to wreak havoc around the world experts predict that African countries could be hardest hit. But African youth are not sitting idly by waiting for the worst to come; throughout the continent, they are hard at work providing solutions to help reduce the spread of

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Africa’s Digital Economy: Opportunities and Obstacles during COVID-19

Africa’s Digital Economy: Opportunities and Obstacles during COVID-19

This blog post is part of a series where Portulans staff perform a more in-depth analysis of countries and regions covered by the Network Readiness Index. Digital is the keyword of the COVID-19 crisis. The Africa Report notes that in the past few months, “digitizing has moved from a good to have, to a survival game-changer in what has

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YOUTH-LED EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN KENYA'S INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS

Youth-Led Emergency Response In Kenya’s Informal Settlements

As of the writing of this article there are more than 30,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Kenya. A limited testing capacity means that the real number of cases is likely much higher. Due to measures such as the lockdown of certain regions and a dusk-to-dawn quarantine, many people have lost their jobs and cannot

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Update: Final version of the Policy Brief: Youth, Cities and COVID-19

Update: Final version of the Policy Brief: Youth, Cities and COVID-19 Urbanization is the engine that propels the world towards prosperity in the 21st century and youth are its engineers. Youth are society’s most essential and dynamic human resource. There are more people under the age of 30 today than ever before, totaling over three

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Launch of Consultation on Youth, Cities and COVID-19 Policy Brief

The impact of COVID-19 has intensified the pre-existing challenges faced by young people in their day to day lives. Ranging from unemployment to lack of access of resources and services, there has been an increasing need for policies that will urgently address these issues. Because of this UN-Habitat has developed a Policy Brief on Youth,

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Kenyan Football Star Partners With UN-Habitat To Provide Masks For Nairobi Informal Settlements

Nairobi, 26 August 2020—Kenyan football star Victor Wanyama has partnered with UN-Habitat to provide face masks to inhabitants of two of Nairobi’s informal settlements to protect them against COVID-19. So far, some 7000 masks have been distributed. Through the partnership, the Foundation of the Kenyan born footballer Victor Wanyama and UN-Habitat agreed to support communities

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