Description: The Development Planning Unit (DPU) is an academic department of University College London which conducts research, postgraduate teaching and training and advisory services that helps to build the capacity of national governments,...
Fulfilled social functions
A city/human settlement fulfilling its social functions, that is, ensuring equitable and affordable access for all to housing, goods, services and urban opportunities, particularly for women, marginalized groups and people with special needs; a city/human settlement that prioritizes theFulfilled social functions
Members
RNC
Description: Our Cities Network (RNC) is a collaborative network of exchange of information on news and on quality of life in Latin American Cities with a broad interdisciplinary and regional focus. Mission: To provide a service to the Latin American community,...
UrbaMonde
Description: UrbaMonde is an NGO based in Switzerland and France promoting the social production of habitat locally and internationally. Mission: Promote and expand the social production of habitat (community-led housing). Outreach: International...
GenURB
Description: Urbanization, Gender, and the Global South: a Transformative Knowledge Network (GenURB) is a six-year international research project that brings together over 40 feminist scholars, academics, policy makers, and activists to advance our understanding of...
WorldWIDE Nigeria
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...
TAAFE
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....
MPD
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...
MWV
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....
