19 June 2018, Kabul. One of the novelties introduced by the New Urban Agenda, the UN roadmap for sustainable urbanization for the next 20 years, is the contribution of urbanization to the prosperity of nations. The transformative nature of urban areas relates to the significant opportunities they offer for both formal and informal employment. Cities ...

Kabul, 06 June 2018. The Government of Afghanistan is using GIS, Remote Sensing and ICT technologies to collect and analyze property data for purposes of improving tenure security in urban areas. Through the City for All program, the government is digitizing and mapping all properties in Kabul and 11 other cities. The base maps are ...

Kabul, 06th June 2018. Massoda Mahmoodi and Lema Jaheed are two female engineering students from Kabul Polytechnic University (KPU) who participated in the first batch of the UN-Habitat’s Professional Practice Programme (PPP). The PPP is a three to six month programme which brings students from university classrooms to UN-Habitat offices in different provinces providing them ...

Kabul, 31 May 2018. Deba is an 11-year-old school girl from Kabul. Last week she participated in a community workshop in Kabul where residents were asked to identify priority development projects for their locality. For Deba it was very clear: she drew the school that she wants for her and her friends. “This is the ...

Jalalabad, 30th May 2018- The provision of public spaces in a city is one of the constituent elements of sustainable urbanization. Qualitative public spaces are key drivers for inclusiveness, social cohesion and gender empowerment. The city of Jalalabad, in the Eastern part of Afghanistan, has recently inaugurated the first Women’s Park in town. The design ...

Kabul, 23rd May 2018. The government of Afghanistan, through the Afghanistan Land Authority (ARAZI), is carrying out an unprecedented and ambitious reform in land management. By 2020 the government intends to survey and register all properties in 12 municipalities (within their boundaries) including Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and other major cities. The objective is to improve ...

Nawshad, Mazar-e-Sharif, 22 May 2018. The establishment of Community Development Councils (CDCs) as primary governance structures at subnational level is one of the priorities by the government of Afghanistan, as enshrined in the Citizen’s Charter Programme. The engagement of citizens at the neighborhood level is a great subnational success. Sidiqa, a female resident of Mazar-e-Sharif, ...

Nili, Daikundi, 01May,2018. Mrs. Bakhtawar has been a teacher in Nili, province of Daikundy, for over 15 years. Throughout this years, the 960 student´s in Niswan Chardaar school premises have seen the pass of time. Lately, in her classroom, the broken windows, and weakly hinged doors were a source of distraction for her students and a threat to the safety and ...

Jebrail, Herat, 25th April 2018. One of the particularities of UN-Habitat´s work in the field is assisting local communities to identify and prioritise local infrastructure projects in an inclusive manner as well as involving female participation in urban affairs. Through the Afghanistan Urban Peacebuilding Programme (AUPP), the residents of Jebrail, in the periphery of Herat, ...

Kabul- 18th April 2018- UN-Habitat is pleased to welcome the first batch of 70 female undergraduate students in the framework of the Professional Practice Programme (PPP). The PPP is a six-month programme which aims at increasing opportunities for professional work for female students from Kabul Polytechnic University (KPU). The programme will bring students from KPU ...