Chair of the Secretariat of the Huairou Commission honored at World Habitat Day

Jan Peterson to be Awarded Scroll of Honour by UN Habitat

Jan Peterson, Chair of the Secretariat of the Huairou Commission.

Jan Peterson, Chair of the Secretariat of the Huairou Commission, will be awarded the prestigious UN Habitat Scroll of Honour award at the World Habitat Day celebrations in Washington, D.C. on October 5th, 2009. The event takes place from 9 - 11am at the National Building Museum. UN Habitat stated, "It was our unanimous opinion that you should receive the award for championing the rights of grassroots women and their movements for better human settlements." The Obama Administration will host the official celebrations for World Habitat Day this year.

The conferral of this award demonstrates an increasing recognition of the importance grassroots women's movements for development practice and policy. The most prestigious human settlements award in the world, it seeks initiatives or individuals that demonstrate impact, sustainability, transferability and innovation in the areas of social, economic and political development, including issues such as security of tenure, environmental conditions, crime reduction and community involvement in governance decisions, Peterson joins...

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