Call for contributions to UN Special Rapporteurs report on COVID-19 and human rights Source: OHCHR UN Human Rights bodies special procedures have taken various initiatives in relation to COVID-19 with the objective to stress the importance of adopting a human rights...
Article by Lorena Zárate, originally published at Minim There is no doubt about it: the current global pandemic offers some acute warnings and delivers several fundamental messages to our societies. First and foremost, it suddenly and simultaneously focuses our...
As every year, on March 8 we celebrate International Women's Day. This day and the month of March as a whole is a key moment in the feminist struggle around the world. Gender equality is one of the eight components of the right to the city and one of its...
The city of Lima occupies 0.22% of the national territory and concentrates approximately one third of the population of Peru. Globally, cities occupy 2% of the territory and concentrate 55% of the population. This population concentration presents great challenges...
Description: Asamblea de Unidad Cantonal de Montufar (AUCM) is an organized civil society group that promotes the active participation of citizens in the public sphere for advocacy within public affairs Mission: To be a model district in promoting the active...
Description: Centro de Intercambios y Servicios Cono Sur, Argentina (CISCSA) is a founding member of the HIC Women and Habitat Network, and a member of HIC since its inception. The NGO has been working for more than three decades on housing and habitat rights issues....
Description: Ciudad Común is a non-profit organization whose main objective is to promote a critical perspective of urban and housing studies in Chile and Latin America. As a think tank, the Corporación Ciudad Común is composed of academics, activists, and public...
Description: The Institute of Urban Development CENCA (CENCA) was created in 1980 and since that date has been working on issues of regional urban planning, city and housing and knowledge co-producing. It is a member of HIC and IAI. Mission: CENCA is an organization...
