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...
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Planact advocating for the Right to the City in informal settlements in South Africa
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....
Social and Solidarity Economy is the way to overcome inequalities through the COVID-19 recovery
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:...
Find out more about HIC Co-learning Spaces
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...
For the Right to the City and Housing in post-pandemic reconstruction in Latin America and the Caribbean: The GPR2C at the IV LAC Forum on Housing and Habitat
The fourth edition of the Latin American and the Caribbean Forum on Housing and Habitat, co-organized by Habitat for Humanity and Urban Housing Practitioners Hub (UHPH), took place from 17-21 May 2021. As in previous editions, the Global Platform for the Right to the...
Urban October 2021 initiatives: Share with us what are you planning!
Every year, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) celebrates Urban October, an opportunity to raise our voices about our struggles and initiatives and to join forces for a better world. In 2021, Urban October will commence on Monday, 4 October with...
Meet the global Right to the City network
The graph has been produced by our consultant Sergio Salgado (Pantheon Work). This visualization offers a very illustrative perspective of all the groups of organizations, movements, and people advocating for the Right to the City on Twitter. What does this image show...
How cities can mitigate human-nature conflict
Climate justice must be put at the centre of the agenda, radically changing how we relate, produce and consume in our societies.A group of people participates in the sit-in in front of the Congress of Deputies called on the occasion of the Global Day of Action for...
How to think about Women’s Right to the City?
March 8th is a day to commemorate women's struggles around the world. The resistances that have taken place and those that still need to be sustained. This new 8th of March brings us together again, amplifying voices to which we add and raise the Women's Right to the...
The GPR2C opens a news inbox for its member organisations and allies
The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C), among other objectives, aims to be a space for the dissemination of relevant news on the Right to the City. We are here to make it easier for all GPR2C members and allies to publish, in a more agile way, on the...