Webinar: Urban-rural linkages in the time of COVID-19: impact on the urban poor and slum dwellers in Asia and Africa
The UN-Habitat Urban-Rural Linkages project team and the GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) warmly invite you to register for our upcoming webinar on Thursday 28 May ‘Urban-rural linkages in the time of COVID-19: impact on the urban poor and slum dwellers in Asia and Africa’. Find out more and register your place via Eventbrite.
Speakers:
- Dr Shipra Narang, Chief, Urban Practices Branch, UN-Habitat
- Professor Debolina Kundu, National Institute of Urban Affairs, and Co-Investigator SHLC
- Professor David Everatt, School of Governance University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Chairperson South African Statistics Council and Co-Investigator SHLC
- Kerstin Sommer, Programme Manager of the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme, UN-Habitat
- Joseph Muturi, Slum Dwellers International
Objectives:
- Develop a deeper understanding on the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on slum dwellers and the urban poor.
- Discuss the contributions of urban-rural linkages and integrated territorial approaches to address the needs of slum dwellers and the urban poor in the face of COVID-19.
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