Source: Norwegian Refugee Council |

Media Invite: Nairobi Launch of Housing, Land and Property Publication

OSLO, Norway, June 28, 2016/APO/ --

TO: Media Agencies based in Nairobi, Kenya

FROM: Norwegian Refugee Council, Horn of Africa, South Sudan, Uganda and Yemen

SUBJECT: Launch of Publication on Housing, Land and Property

You are invited to attend and participate in an official launch of a new publication by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Mission in the Horn of Africa, South Sudan, Uganda and Yemen, titled ‘Housing, Land and Property Rights for Somalia’s Urban Displaced Women’, 2016 report.

The publication documents a study conducted by Norwegian Refugee Council to identify the challenges faced by internally displaced women living in urban settlements in exercising the rights to decent housing as well as access to land and property.

On Friday, 1st of July at 9.30am at The Lord Errol Gourmet Restaurant*, Nairobi, the Regional Director for NRC in the Horn of Africa Region, Ms. Gabriella Waaijman will officially launch the publication in the presence of special guests and key practitioners in the field of housing, land and property rights for vulnerable populations in Somalia.

Special invited guests to the launch include:

Mr. Vebjørn Heines, the Deputy Head of Mission for the Norwegian Embassy in Kenya
Mr. Hassan Gamal, the Somali Ambassador to Kenya

Interviews can be arranged for specific individuals, photo opportunities are also available. Please plan to cover this significant launch to give it the positive publicity it deserves.

Thank you and looking forward to your presence

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Norwegian Refugee Council.