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United Nations Day 2024
Thursday, October 24 • 12:00pm EST
Global Housing Blueprint for Nations in Crisis
Announcing Global Housing Network's Ambassadors
In recognition of support and guidance toward the mission of providing housing for the working poor, GHF designates strategic individuals who have worked directly, or intend to work directly, to assist with the GHF mission.
The Future of Workforce Housing is Now: Innovative, Creative & Sustainable Solutions from Around the World
On Monday, October 25 2021, in celebration of United Nations Day, the Global Housing Foundation facilitated a virtual program highlighting new and innovative solutions to solve workforce housing from around the world.
Hear from industry experts and become inspired by the groundbreaking solutions set to transform the affordable housing crisis for the better.
The Global Housing Network presents and aggregates otherwise hard to find resources to further raise awareness for our mission of building housing for the poor.
Started by the Global Housing Foundation in response to COVID-19, the GHN is a key resource connecting hundreds of organizations and individuals.
The Global Housing Foundation’s mission is to provide affordable housing for the working poor.
Global Housing Discussions
GHF Conversation: Chineyenma Okoro Onu, Environmentalist: Impact of Smart, Sustainable Global Housing Solutions
Impact of Smart, Sustainable Global Housing Solutions
GHF Conversation: Dr. Talat Rizvi, Public Health Scientist: Housing As A Social Determinant of Health
Housing As Social Determinant of Health
GHF Discussion:Lutine de Boer, Reg Prgm Mgr Housing, Alkmaar: Sustainable Climate Resilient Housing
Sustainable Climate Resilient Housing
GHF Discussion: Emily Fennell, Assistant Director, Uplifting Africa
Using Design to Uplift Improvished Africans
GHF Discussion: Lutine de Boer, Reg Program Mgr Housing, Region Alkmaar
Housing Solutions in Holland
GHF Discussion on Innovative Housing with Christopher Lee, Founding Principal of d|a Architects
Christopher Lee, Founding Principal of Design Associates Architects and Board of Directors at Global Housing Foundation, discusses disruptive solutions to solving affordable housing through the lens of an architect with a demonstrated history in government-private...
GHF Discussion with Northwell Health’s Director of Global Health Dr. Eric Cioe Pena
Global Strategies for Sustainable Workforce Housing: More than Medical Missions: How Northwell Health is Expanding Global Health Programs
GHF Discussion w/ Northwell Health’s Senior VP of Community & Population Health Debbie Salas Lopez
Global Strategies for Sustainable Workforce Housing: Partnerships that Help Communities Heal
GHF Discussion with Northwell Health’s Pediatrician Dr. Chetan Sathya
Global Strategies for Sustainable Workforce Housing: Healthcare's Role in Gun Violence Prevention
GHF Discussion with Northwell Health’s Sr. VP for Women’s Health Dr. Stacey Rosen
Global Strategies for Sustainable Workforce Housing: Achieving Equity in Women's Health
Breaking News From our Partners
First Person: Japanese UN volunteer ‘motivated by the passion of others’ to support peace | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A United Nations volunteer from Japan has said as a teenager he was motivated by the “passion” of young people he met on an exchange programme to contribute to peace and development initiatives.
With sustainable development under threat, Sevilla summit rekindles hope and unity | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The landmark Financing for Development conference in Sevilla has concluded with a renewed sense of resolve and a focus on action that can change lives worldwide, according to UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.
The Sevilla Commitment: A vital step to rebuild trust in global cooperation | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Civil society organisations have welcomed the consensus reached at the landmark sustainable development conference concluding this Thursday in Seville, while cautioning that real progress will depend on sustained action.
Drowning in debt: New forum in Sevilla offers borrowers chance to rebalance the books | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A new mechanism offering debt-distressed countries a way to coordinate action and amplify their voice in the global financial system, has been launched at the UN’s pivotal sustainable development conference in Sevilla.
Sevilla: Without sustainable development, there is neither hope nor security | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A senior UN official has told UN News that the global development challenge is not lack of money, but how to align public and private capital flows. The Sevilla Agreement adopted this week, sets out a roadmap for all UN Member States — except the US which pulled out...
Space is not the final frontier – it is the foundation of our future: UN deputy chief | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Space technologies are no longer a distant frontier but a critical foundation for daily life and global development, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Wednesday.
Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Spain and Brazil have launched a joint initiative to promote a higher tax take from the super-rich worldwide, aiming to tackle soaring inequality by ensuring those with the most, pay their fair share.
It’s time to finance our future and ‘change course’, Guterres tells world leaders in Sevilla | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
“We’re here in Sevilla to change course,” the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling on them to grasp a once-in-a-decade opportunity to close a $4 trillion financing gap facing developing countries to meet sustainable development goals – and build a better...
After the big development pledges in Seville, UN says action starts now | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Now the big promises have been formally adopted in the Spanish city of Seville to turbocharge financing for sustainable development, how are the ambitious goals going to be met – and how quickly?
LIVE: World leaders in Sevilla launch ambitious push to finance the future | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
From rising debt and shrinking investment, to the aid funding crisis and struggles to meet ambitious development goals, the global financial system is failing the people it's supposed to serve: that's the challenge facing world leaders gathered in Spain's sweltering...
‘Global solidarity benefits us all’: Spain makes the case for development funding | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Funding cuts to international development have cast a pall over a major UN-led international conference set to address the huge challenges faced by countries in the Global South. Despite this sobering backdrop, Eva Granados, Spanish Secretary of State for...
New UN report charts path out of debt crisis threatening global development | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A decade after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), development is facing serious headwinds – including what UN officials describe as a “silent crisis” of surging debt service payments in low-income countries.
Eighty years on, UN Charter marked by reflection, resolve – and a run | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
It wasn’t an average Thursday morning in Manhattan. In the early hours, UN diplomats (and UN News) hit the streets in their sneakers – from Times Square to East River – following a route that traced the shape of “UN@80”.
Millions remain invisible – but Asia-Pacific leaders pledge change by 2030 | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
More than a decade after Asian and Pacific nations launched a campaign to ensure every life is counted, millions across the region still remain “invisible” – born, living, and dying without formal recognition.
Energy access has improved, but more funding is needed to address disparities: WHO | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Although nearly 92 per cent of the global population now has basic access to electricity, more than 666 million people still live without it, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to urge greater financial support for renewable energy.
$1 towards a girl’s education = $3 for the global economy: That’s how development works | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Helping those with less isn’t charity – it’s a shared investment in a better future. Yet global development financing is under strain. An upcoming UN conference in Sevilla, Spain, aims to change that by mobilizing large-scale investment for a more just and sustainable...
Sevilla conference on development financing shows optimism for multilateralism | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
It’s been 10 years since the Addis Ababa Action Agenda was established to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Power to the people; funding community-led development in Somalia | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A story of grassroots persistence in Somalia could serve as a powerful reminder of the impact of innovative financing mechanisms as the international community meets in Spain to discuss how to fund global sustainable development.
What time is it on the Moon? It’s all relative… | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Telling the time on the Moon is more complicated than you might think, but answering the question is becoming more important amid a resurgent interest in lunar exploration. The UN is helping to ensure the Moon is governed in a coordinated and peaceful way, and...
INTERVIEW: Visitors to Expo 2025 appreciate ‘positive vision’ of UN | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Visitors to Expo 2025, a world fair currently being held in Osaka, Japan, appreciate the “positive vison” of a shared global future promoted by the United Nations; that’s according to Naomi Ichikawa, Director of the UN Pavilion.
What is financing for development? | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
According to the United Nations, the world needs an extra $4 trillion every year to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges – ending poverty and hunger, fighting climate change, and reducing inequality.
From the Global South to the stars: A new space race | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Once the exclusive domain of a handful of technologically advanced countries, outer space is now within the reach of emerging nations from the Global South, as costs fall and technology becomes more widely available.
Development is ‘the first line of defense against conflict,’ Guterres tells Security Council | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Of the 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty, 40 per cent live in conflict-affected or fragile settings and this is on track to worsen, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday.
Ahead of UN summit, countries finalise landmark ‘Compromiso de Sevilla’ | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
UN Member States have reached agreement on the outcome document for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, to be formally adopted at an upcoming summit in Sevilla, Spain – though without the participation of the United States, which withdrew...
‘Smart grid’ helps accelerate energy transition in Indonesia | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Renewable energy plants are being built across Indonesia, but for their electricity to reach consumers, a modernization of the electricity grid is necessary.