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The speakers presentations

The speakers presentations on the Internacional Meeting to the Right the City are already on the website. In order to access them, you should go to the "publications" section on the menu above, or click here. The presentations were preserved in their original...

Statement on the International Meeting on the Right to the City

Statement of Outcomes of the International Meeting on the Right to the City Sao Paulo 12-14 November 2014 The International Meeting on Right to the City (www.righttothecityplatform.org.br) was held on 12, 13 and 14 November 2014, and gathered 158 participants from...

Advancing the Right to the City

Habitat International Coalition (HIC) and Instituto Pólis, together with other ESCR-Net Members, organized several events and interventions to advance human rights and the right to the city framework in relation to the first Preparatory Committee for UN Habitat III....

David Harvey Conferences in Bolivia

David Harvey, the author of various books and articles on the right to the city, will participate in a series of conferences in La Paz on August 19th, in El Alto on August 20th and in Cochabamba on August 21st. Harvey is a British geographer and social theorist. Since...

ActionAid launches the Safe Cities for Women campaign

ActionAid, a global organization that works to promote human rights, launched the Safe Cities for Women campaign on August 8th during FNRU’s (the National Forum for Urban Reform) National Conference in Rio de Janeiro. The campaign was organized by women from various...

The National Forum for Urban Reform’s National Conference

With the theme “City for people, not for private business affairs”, the National Forum for Urban Reform (FNRU) Conference took place on August 8th-10th in Rio de Janeiro. Approximately 300 representatives from more than 50 organized civil society entities, beyond...