Mobilisation and agenda

Do not keep silent: communicate your case of eviction!

Published in Friday August 10th, 2012 In Mobilisation and agenda

The Tribunal for Evictions launches an international call to identify cases of evictions for its 2012 session. The Tribunal will take place on 28 September 2012 in Geneva within the Geneva Habitat Forum and for the launch of the World Zero Evictions days 2012.

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Disaster Relief Fund for India

Published in Tuesday July 31st, 2012 In Mobilisation and agenda

Incessant rainfall in Assam during the last week of June resulted in heavy flooding in Brahmaputra and its tributaries. 77 people have lost their life and more than 10,00,000 people from 27 districts have been affected, several thousands of people rendered homeless and several thousands of hectares of agricultural lands inundated by flood waters causing […]

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Call for papers: International Conference on Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement

Published in Monday July 16th, 2012 In Mobilisation and agenda

On March 22-23, 2013, there will be an International Conference on Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement (DIDR) at the University of Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre. It aims to revive the discussions on DIDR and to facilitate cross-comunication between different stakeholders, disciplines and perspectives. The conference will explore a range of aspects of DIDR, such as: – Conceptual and […]

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Call to the Urban Social Forum (Naples, September 3-7, 2012)

Published in Tuesday July 10th, 2012 In Mobilisation and agenda

Invitation to local, national, and international inhabitants’ organisations, networks, and citizens, who are involved in the livability of the city and are struggling for rights related to habitat, to participate in the second Urban Social Forum (USF) in Naples, Italy, September 3-7, 2012, which will be held as an alternative to UN-Habitat’s World Urban Forum (WUF) 6.

Cambodian Sustainable Housing Competition

Published in Tuesday July 10th, 2012 In Mobilisation and agenda

July 10, 2012 In partnership with Karuna Cambodia, Habitat for Humanity & the Cambodian Society of Architects (CSA), Building Trust International is looking for designs for the Cambodian Sustainable Housing competition. Proposals should be able to  provide a sustainable future for housing in the South-east Asian country. Any proposal will have to stick to a very low budget […]

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Urban Social Forum – an altenative to the UN-Habitat’s World Urban Forum

Published in Friday July 6th, 2012 In Social movement news

July 6, 2012 Let’s build an open space for all those struggling for a City of Common Goods as an alternative to the market-city of UN-Habitat’s WUF With the participation of some thirty associations making up the Organising Committee, and in particular, with interventions by: Father Alex Zanotelli, Combonian Missionary; Consiglia Salvio, Movement for Water; […]

“Under Tents”: International Campaign Launch for Housing in Haiti

Published in Thursday July 5th, 2012 In Mobilisation and agenda

July 5, 2012 The quantity of people who are homeless in Port-au-Prince today is not acceptable. We need the support of other governments, like the US, to demand that the Haitian Government create a social housing plan. We are looking for allies to help our advocacy. We are asking simply for quality homes where people […]

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The Right to City for the Defense of Common Goods – Urban Social Forum

Published in Friday June 29th, 2012 In Mobilisation and agenda

Invitation to local, national, and international inhabitants’ organisations, networks, and citizens, who are involved in the livability of the city and are struggling for rights related to habitat, to participate in the second Urban Social Forum (USF) in Naples, Italy, September 3-7, 2012, which will be held as an alternative to UN-Habitat’s World Urban Forum (WUF) 6.

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Campaign against demolitions in Lubango, Angola

Published in Tuesday June 26th, 2012 In Social movement news

June 25, 2012 The Housing and Land Rights Network of Habitat International Coalition has learned from the Constructing Communities Association (Associação Construindo Comunidades (ACC), HIC-HLRN Association and other sources in Angola, of current and further forced evictions in the “Arco-Iris” (Rainbow) Zone of Lubango City, in Angola’s southwestern Huíla Province. From 12 May up to 12 […]

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International Conference – Land policy in Latin America

Published in Tuesday June 26th, 2012 In Mobilisation and agenda

LAND POLICY in LATIN AMERICA Access to an Adequate Living Environment for Everyone   “Social Production of Habitat for an Urban and Rural World” “More than 50% of the global population lives in urban areas” Strengthening the Region’s Social Movements Socially, Economically, and Environmentally Sustainable Human Settlements and Urban Neighborhoods   CIDAP (Center for Population […]

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