Image credits: Aboubacarkhoraa, via Wikicommons Source: Urban KNOW The Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality, a global consortium of researchers and partners across 13 institutions, focusing on nine countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, has just released a...
Note by Armand Nouwe Since February 2019, the Diocesan Committee for Social and Charitable Activities of the Archdiocese of Douala (CODAS Caritas Douala) has been carrying out a project to promote and protect the right to adequate housing by supporting the improvement...
The 2019 High-Level Political Forum(HLPF) took place from the 9th to 18th of July under the theme “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”. As in previous years, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) was present both in New...
On August 20, thousands of residents of Wxlacodji beach community in Cotonou, Nigeria, were forcibly evicted from their homes. Served notice of just 72 hours, the inhabitants of this waterfront community were thrown to the streets with no alternative arrangements...
Date: Thursday, September 20, 2018 to Saturday, September 22, 2018 Location: Harvard Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) There are very few signs that slums will transition out of the urban landscape in the foreseeable future. Even after more than...
Register now for this FREE webinar Thursday, March 22, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ET | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PT. This webinar will introduce the latest report from the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, Protecting Tenants, Preventing Homelessness....
Description: Women in Development and Environment (WorldWIDE Nigeria) is an NGO registered in Nigeria to encourage women and youth to contribute to environmental and development solutions. Mission: To enhance social justice, gender equality, peace building and...
Description: The Taiwan Alliance of Anti-Forced Eviction (TAAFE) is an NGO/Social Movement working on a range of housing rights issues, from the dispossession and eviction of urban redevelopment, to informal settlements, to the homeless people's Right to the City....
Description: The Public Ministry of Defense of the City of Buenos Aires (MPD) is an autonomous institution belonging to the Judicial Branch of the City of Buenos Aires whose function is to guarantee the legitimate and inviolable right to defense, as well as to ensure...
Description: Muungano wa Wanavajiji (MWV) is a Kenyan social movement that deals with land, housing, and human rights issues. Mission: Mobilise the urban poor and resources to enable them create voice and space to engage the Government in decision making forum....
