Thirst, Hygiene, and Dignity: The hidden face of homelessness under SDGs 6, 7, 9, 11, and 17

Date/Time: 9 July 2026, 8:30am-10:00am (New York time)

Concept Note: Click on the following link to access the concept note in English

Flyer: Click on the following link to access the event flyer in English

 

This parallel event brings together member states, UN system entities, civil society, and — critically — a person with lived experience of homelessness to interrogate what is working, what is failing, and what bold action is needed in the final years of the 2030 Agenda. As countries present progress at the High-Level Political Forum 2026, there is an urgent need to highlight homelessness as a cross-cutting development and human rights issue. Addressing it requires integrated, people centered, and partnership-driven approaches that bridge humanitarian response, development policy, and systemic change.

 

Co-sponsors: Justice Coalition of Religious, NGO Working Group to End Homelessness, Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Loreto Generalate, Mary Ward Center – Toronto