The GPR2C has defined “Care" as one of its strategic priorities for action in the period from 2023 to 2026. For the municipal movement, care is much more than just social policy, it is part of a fundamental political vision to transform the way we govern, plan and...
As in previous years, the GPR2C and its members have attended the 12th session of the World Urban Forum, held between November 4th and 8th in Cairo, Egypt. Amid a wide diversity of participants and thematics represented, including also a strong presence of corporate...
Quito, Ecuador. Photo by Ariel Tutillo on Unsplash Because for the members and allies of the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) it is a great responsibility, even if the obligation lies with States. It is a great responsibility because thanks to the...
Dear friends, As the end of 2022 is approaching, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all members and allies of the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) for another very engaging and productive year of collaborative work and mobilization around...
On 4 September the Chilean people will vote on the text of a new constitution. The new constitution will replace the 1980 Constitution, designed by the dictatorship of General Pinochet. After the social outburst in October 2019, 80% of Chileans expressed in a...
As in previous editions, the GPR2C and members have participated actively in the 11th World Urban Forum, held in Katowice, Poland, from the 26th to 30th of June. As the largest forum convened by UN-Habitat, the World Urban Forum was marked as a key space for...
Over the last years, Observatory DESC and the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) have been collaborating in a series of joint projects and initiatives that seek to reinforce the awareness around and recognition of the Right to the City as a key vector...
Masakhane is an informal settlement in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga (north-east South Africa). People started living here 50 years ago. It has nowadays an aproximate population of more than 3.700 people. Residents of Masakhane in eMalahleni have never had running water....
This post is also available in: French, Spanish. On the Occasion of the 2021 High-Level Political Forum, RIPESS, Urgenci and the Global Platform for the Right to the City have co-organised the side-event “Overcoming inequalities through the COVID-19 recovery:...
HIC Co-learning Spaces - the Habitat International Coalition is an active member of the Global Platform for the Right to the City - are cross-regional, multi-session encounters open to all HIC Members, Friends, and allies to generate and multiply emancipatory learning...
