Poor housing, unemployment: Europe's youth at risk! The webinar will be available in Englñisg and French This launch webinar will be an opportunity to debate, in the presence of civil society organisations, European institutions and policy makers, the future action of the European Union to meet the challenges of the fight against inadequate housing and […]
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is exploring the meaning of land within the human rights obligations of states parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. HIC-HLRN is contributing to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural rights consultation on the meaning of the right to land. […]
Join us for an upcoming workshop titled ‘Learning from and across African cities: Emancipatory pedagogies for transformative change, which will take place on Tuesday 25 May 2021 from 13:00 to 15:00 SAST (find your local time here). This workshop is co-organised by the Habitat International Coalition and Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality programme, and […]
A collective presentation and debate with the organizations involved On 27th May 2021, the HIC General Secretariat will launch the book ‘A Framework for Understanding The Nature, Efficacy & Lessons of Civil Society Movement Strategies for Influencing Policy Towards Adherence to Human Rights and the Right to the City’ in an online zoom event that will […]
The right to housing is under attack. Alarming levels of homelessness, forced evictions, unaffordable homes―we need long-term solutions to the global housing crisis. As Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, argues: “Due to the unprecedented nature of the crisis, tinkering around the edges of an unsustainable model of economic development will not […]
This year's meeting of the HLPF (6 - 15 July 2021), will take place under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, discussing ways to ensure a sustainable and resilient recovery from COVID-19 in order to realize the 2030 Agenda. The theme is "Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the […]
HIC will be holding a quartely meeting with Members to discuss the advances on Advocacy, the challenges and to define together the Coalition advocacy strategy.
HIC will be holding a quartely meeting with Members to discuss the advances on Advocacy, the challenges and to define together the Coalition advocacy strategy.
HIC is inviting its Members to participate in the 2021-2022 HIC Co-Learning Spaces, to strengthen the Coalition capacity to prioritize, strategize, learn and advocate together to influence habitat-related policy outcomes Co-learning spaces are cross-regional, multi-session learning opportunities for interested HIC Members, Friends and allies to generate and multiply emancipatory learning practices based on human rights related to habitat. […]
Grassroots Trust for Community Organization in Kenya together with other civil society organizations is organizing this conference: 2nd Housing Conference in Kenya, as an Advocacy Mechanism for influencing, learning, building local and global networks, as well as documenting lessons and best practices.