UN experts deplore Zimbabwe’s campaign of forced eviction
The following statement was issued on June 24, 2005 by a group of ten UN experts
World Charter for the Right to the City
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Zimbabwe evictions: joint statement
A joint NGO statement on the Zimbabwe evictions was launched today at press conferences in four African cities: Harare, Johannesburg, Lagos and Windhoek. The statement was signed by 212 African and International NGOs and it calls upon the United Nations and the African Union to take effective action to prevent and redress the mass forced evictions in Zimbabwe. The call has been widely picked up by mainstream media.
Zimbabwe: Unprecedented call for UN and AU action over evictions by 200 rights groups
As the human rights situation in Zimbabwe steadily deteriorates, with more than 300,000 now evicted from their homes by the government and a UN Special Envoy appointed to investigate the destruction and evictions, a coalition of more than 200 African and international NGOs today issued an unprecedented Joint Appeal to the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) to help the people of Zimbabwe.
U.N. Hosts Historic Session With Civil Society
UNITED NATIONS - For the first time ever, civil society has been invited to participate in interactive sessions of the U.N. General Assembly, but the guest list has irked some leading activists who wonder why they were not asked to attend.
Challenges and Opportunities of Rural Women in China
Rural women make up 65.6% or more of the farm laborers as many men have left the rural areas and farm work. In China, like in so many other countries, rural women are never helpless victims. Since they have to survive in a physically, socially, legally and culturally hostile environment throughout their lives, they have developed particular strengths, determination and courage.
Policy-relevant reflections on Social Production of Habitat: Asking the Right Questions
Social change arises from politics, not philosophy. Ideals are a crucial step in emancipatory politics, however, because they dislodge our assumption that was is given is necessary. They offer the standpoints from which to criticize the given, and inspiration for imagining alternatives.
Women’s ownership of land, housing and productive resources as an indicator of poverty reduction in the Millennium Development Goals
Five of the eight MDGs clearly require the implementation of policies that promote women’s land and livelihood rights. The Consult on Women and Land Rights proposes concrete actions to reduce gender inequality and poverty by increasing women’s ownership on land and productive assets.
Demolished: Forced Evictions And The Tenants’ Rights Movement In China
Demolition and eviction has several decades of history in China. In the past, ordinary people longed for demolition and eviction [because they were moved to better homes], but now ordinary people fear demolition and eviction, they hate [it], and even use death and suicide to oppose [it].. This hatred, this opposition to demolition andeviction has really only appeared in the last few years. - Tenants’ rights advocate Xu Yonghai,
For the democratic refoundation of Europe
After the No through referendums in France and the Netherlands the fast implementation of the so called EU constitution has failed. EU has fallen into deep crisis. This situation leads to risks and chances at the same time. What are the consequences for our struggles for the right to housing and participative urban development, against privatisation and urban social exclusion? Do HIC members cooperate with attac at their strategy? What would be the place of our issues inside it?
The Global Fundisation Of Housing – First Sketch And Questions
In Germany and other European countries housing conditions are faced to rapid direct globalisation of the real estate markets. The intensity and quantity of this process is a new phenomenon at least in Germany. Habitat Net Germany is seeking contacts in order to discuss the developments, exchange information, build a common knowledge base and seek common strategies. Below find a first sketch on the situation from a German viewpoint and questions to begin a debate.
Fall in refugee numbers, but rise in others of concern as internal displacement and statelessness
The UN refugee agency today announced that while the global number of refugees fell 4 percent in 2004 to 9.2 million, the lowest total in almost a quarter of a century, the numbers of internally displaced and stateless people remain high.