World Habitat Day 2000 - women and urban governance

World Habitat Day
"Women in Urban Governance"

>> Preface :

Women in Urban Governance Theme 2000
Women Participation in Governance
Quotations

>> Habitat Day in Bangladesh & elsewhere in the World :

Bangladesh Prime Minister inaugurates World Habitat Day
World

>> Special Messages & Press Release :

Bangladesh Prime Minister inaugurates World Habitat Day
Klaus Toepfer
Acting Executive Director, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)
Mr. Masaya Iwai UNCHS (Habitat)

>> Treaties Declaration :

Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements
The IULA Worldwide Declaration on Women in Local Government.

>> Improving the Living Environment Award Winner of 2000 :

Dubai International Award for Best Practices in Improving the Living Environment
The following ten initiatives, selected by an independent, international Jury on 5th July 2000, received the prestigious Dubai International Award for Best Practices in Improving the Living Environment. The Awards will be presented during a special ceremony on World Habitat Day, 2 October 2000.
- Luanda Sul Self-financed Urban Infrastructure, ANGOLA
- Public Security, Human Rights and Citizenship, BRAZIL
- Creating a Sustainable Community, Hamilton-Wentworth Vision 2020/Air Quality, CANADA
- Comprehensive Re-vitalisation of Urban Settlements, Chengdu, CHINA
- Democratisation of Municipal Management, Cotacachi Canton, ECUADOR
- Cost Effective and Appropriate Sanitation Systems, INDIA
- Women’s Empowerment Programme, NEPAL
- Spanish Greenways Programme, SPAIN
- Shambob Brick Producers Co-operative, SUDAN
- Tourism and Coastal Zone Management, Cirali, TURKEY
Global 100 Best practices liat

>> Articles & Habitat Debate :

Debate
- Vol. 6 No. 2, 2000 Disaster Management in an Urbanizing World
- Vol. 6 No. 1, 2000 Istanbul +5
- Vol. 5 No. 4, 1999 Urban Governance
- Vol. 5 No. 3, 1999 Security of Tenure
- Vol. 5 No. 2, 1999 Construction and Architecture
- Vol. 5 No. 1, 1999 Rural-Urban Linkages
- Vol. 4 No. 4, 1998 [English][Spanish][French] Cities for All
- Vol. 4 No. 3, 1998 Urban Finance
- Vol. 4 No. 2, 1998 Sustainable Urban Transport
- Vol. 4 No. 1, 1998 [English][French][Spanish] Safer Cities
- Vol. 3 No. 4, 1997 Building Capacity for Better Cities
- Vol. 3 No. 3, 1997 Implementing the Habitat Agenda
- Vol. 3 No. 2, 1997 Land Management and Reform
- Vol. 3 No. 1, 1997 Partnerships
Other Articles & Documents

>> Links :

Important Links on Habitat Day

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