Booklets and teaching material

The Rapporteur develops material to promote the right to adequate housing among citizens and governments, seeking to translate the elements of this right and to show how they may be put in practice, with accessible language.

This material is made available in several languages and is distributed under the Creative Commons 3.0 license, so it may be published, altered and promoted freely if the original source is cited. In some publications, we even provide a space in which you may place your organisation’s logo in case you want to print it.

Here you also find similar teaching material developed by organisations and movements that work on the right to housing worldwide. Contact the Rapporteur if you want to send material to be promoted on our site.

Women and housing

Published in Monday September 3rd, 2012

The right to adequate housing is clearly recognized in international human rights law, including in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which provides for “the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living […]

Guide: How to make women’s right to Housing effective?

Published in Wednesday February 1st, 2012

With this guide, we hope to assist people involved in the formulation and implementation of public housing policies so that they may truly incorporate the gender perspective. We also hope that this resource will be useful to feminist organisations and groups of women who fight for the true application of this right.

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Leaflet: I am woman. How can my right to housing be effective?

Published in Tuesday January 17th, 2012


Even though, over the last decades, advanced and have occupied more and more spaces, women don´t have all their rights, particularly those related to housing rights, respected and protected. This leaflet explains 10 key points on how to change this situation. Check it!

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Questionnaire on women and adequate housing

Published in Thursday January 20th, 2005

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