28 April 2013 As stipulated in the current Constitution, the HIC General Secretariat presented members with proposed amendments to the Constitutions on 28 January 2013, two months before the General Assembly (GA) meeting in Tunis. The proposed amendments were discussed and presented for approval by the GA during its meeting on 28 March in Tunis. Before beginning the voting process, the GA decided: - to maintain an open voting process from 28 March to 28 April. - that the members...


For a democratic construction of the World Assembly of Inhabitants 3 May 2013 In 2000, activists from Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America and Europe established the World Assembly of Inhabitants in Mexico City to demand more democratic and equal territories. This initiative resulted in the convergence of different movements that struggle for the right to housing, land, and the city around the world, and provided a global space for debates and the formulation of common...

* To watch the UPMS video, click here. Popular University of Social Movements (UPMS) World Social Forum (WSF) Tunis, March 2013 ...

Tenant advice and advocacy services delivered by the Tenants’ Union of Queensland and 22 local tenant advice services across Queensland will cease to operate on 30 June 2013 unless the Queensland government re-instates funding soon. Please support the Tenant´s Union in Queensland, Australia, and their local tenant advice offices - which will shortly run out of funding and will have to shut down– if we cannot make their state government to change its mind!* Please sign the petition...

This video is part of the "Claiming the City. Civil Society Mobilisation by the Urban Poor” Conference, organised by Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development at Uppsala University, in cooperation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation. * To watch the video, click here. * To know more about the Claiming the city Conference, click here. ...