There is an urgent need for governments and society at all levels to deeply rethink the dominant urban development model and the nature of cities that it has spawned in order to correct the ongoing climate emergency. Said paradigm shift should advance towards more...
The GPR2C will participate in the 2021 High-Level Political Forum on sustainable development (6-15th July) to bring an urgent appeal to the United Nations and all international, regional, national and local institutions and civil society organizations to renew their...
The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) publishes the Thematic Paper: Right to the City: a roadmap for Climate Justice The relevance of the Right to the City to face Climate Change, Global Warming and Environmental JusticeThis thematic paper is the...
Gender Equality is key to the 'Right to the City for all' struggle! The International Women's Day (IWD), on March 8, and this month as a whole mark a key moment in the feminist struggle around the world. Gender equality is one of the eight components of the Right to...
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...
In the last three decades, Latin America has played a key role in the debate and struggle for the Right to the City, being the region also a pioneer in experiences of legal recognition of this right and the formulation of public policies aimed at the implementation of...
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:...
This research raises questions about the right to the city both in terms of definition and practice in the Asian region, drawing on the experiences of four countries: China, South Korea, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Through a fruitful collaborative process, the...
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Since 2020, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) has embarked on a collective learning process together with all its members and allies for the elaboration of a series of thematic papers to explore and deepen into the key conceptual and programmatic...
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Since 2020, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) has embarked on a collective learning process together with all its members and allies for the elaboration of a series of thematic papers to explore and deepen into the key conceptual and programmatic...
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This paper proves that the Right to the City framework is already providing substantial alternatives to work for Climate Justice, with examples of successful experiences worldwide! Since 2020, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) has embarked...
This year, CoHabitat Network organises the Collaborative Housing Day at the International Social Housing Forum (ISHF) in Finland. Several roundtables and networking activities will be organised by different CoHabitat partners on Wednesday, June 15, at the Central...
The Association for Democratic Prosperity - Zid is pleased to invite you to take part in the Housing Forum. They are opening a space for the participation of 50 representatives of institutions, organizations at the local, regional and international level, students and...
On March 26th and 27th, housing movements around Europe will be taking the streets for a third time during the 2022 Housing Action Day in coordinated actions to demand the effective protection and implementation of the right to adequate housing and the city. As in...
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In the first place, this event on "Climate Justice: institutional responses and significant experiences in Latin America" will seek an approach, at a global level, to the Right to the City, through the Thematic Document "Right to the City: Roadmap towards climate...
Description: ActionAid Association is an organisation working for social and ecological justice. ActionAid has been engaged with the most marginalised communities in India since 1972. In 2006, ActionAid Association was registered as an Indian organisation, governed by...
Description: "Vizinhos de Arroios" is an informal, non-partisan organization of neighbours and residents of the "Arroios" neighbourhood in the city of Lisbon (Portugal) Mission: Promote, Reclaim, Discuss, Debate, Denounce issues of...
Description: Observatório das metrópoles is a networked research group, bringing together institutions and researchers from university, governmental and non-governmental fields. The team formed in the Observatory has been working for 20 years, currently...
Description: We are an Advisory Group working to achieve sustainable + resilient + humane cities Mission: To accompany the cities (their local governments in their different forms) so that they incorporate all the policies, tools and innovations...
