NGO Working Group to End Homelessness (WGEH)
We welcome people with lived experience/expertise of homelessness, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, or advocates who are passionate about preventing and ending homelessness to bring their diverse perspectives to WGEH’s strategic work.
Spotlight
We had a great meeting with United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed and her colleagues to discuss the issues of homelessness!
Our Mission
The Working Group to End Homelessness (WGEH) is committed to advocating for the alleviation and eventual elimination of homelessness, at the United Nations, in collaboration with like-minded organizations, and academic centers. Learn more here.
Resolution on Homelessness
In 2021, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the first Resolution on homelessness, Inclusive social development policies and programmes to address homelessness, including in the aftermath of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19).
We believe that this Resolution will bring this global problem to the forefront of Member States’ efforts to alleviate poverty and to build forward protecting human rights and leaving no one behind.
“Homelessness is a global concern and must be addressed at the highest level of the General Assembly.”
— H. E. Mohamed Siad Doualeh, Permanent Representative of Djibouti to the United Nations