Latest Past Events

World Urban Forum 12

The Twelfth Session of the World Urban Forum WUF12, convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), will take place in Cairo, Egypt, from 4 to 8 November 2024, returning to the African continent after more than 20 years after its inception in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2002. WUF12 Theme It All Starts at Home: […]

Urban October Dialogue: Exploring Climate Change Impacts and Related Loss & Damage in African Cities

Overview The first habitat-and-environment initiative within HIC started in Africa, with Malick Gaye starting up the Habitat and Sustainable Environment Network (HSEN) in 1992, in the context of the 1st Environment and Development Conference in Rio. The Rio conference was preceded by the 1st Stockholm UN Conference on the Human Environment, which some consider to […]

1st HIC Online Dialogue on the Convergence of Social and Feminist Movements

Let's strategise! Join us online to discuss the convergence of social & feminist movements with habitat-related rights! The dialogue is part of the HIC convergence of social and feminist movements which is a cross-regional process towards the collective construction of a common agenda for action, informed by the struggles, local experiences, and political advocacy of the movements […]