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Pakistan’s statement on the report “Women and Adequate Housing”

Published in Tuesday March 13th, 2012

On March 6th, 2012, the UN special rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, presented at the 19th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, the reports concerning her 2011 missions to Argentina and Algeria, as well as her thematic report on women and their right to adequate housing. After […]

Cuba’s statement on the report “Women and Adequate Housing”

Published in Monday March 12th, 2012

On March 6th, 2012, the UN special rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, presented at the 19th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, the reports concerning her 2011 missions to Argentina and Algeria, as well as her thematic report on women and their right to adequate housing. After […]

Presentation of mission’s reports and report on Women and Right to Adequate Housing

Published in Tuesday March 6th, 2012

The Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik presented today (March 6th) her report on Women and the Right to Adequate Housing to the UN Human Rights Council. In the video below you can watch her presentation. It begins in the minut 21st.

Special Rapporteur visits Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory – Newsletter #18

Published in Friday February 17th, 2012


On February 12, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, concluded her official visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory holding a press conference in Jerusalem, in which she presented her preliminary findings. In March, the Rapporteur will present to the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, her Argentina and Algeria missions reports and also the thematic report on women and the right to housing.

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Download the booklet and brochure about women and the right to housing

Published in Wednesday February 1st, 2012 In News

Since December last year, the Rapporteur’s site has made available a booklet and brochure about women and the right to housing in four languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic). The material aims to show how violations to the right to housing especially affect women.

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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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Happy 2012! – Newsletter #17

Published in Sunday December 11th, 2011

It is with great pleasure that the UN Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Adequate Housing ends the year 2011 with the publication of a booklet and a leaflet on women and the right to housing, in four languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic.

Women and housing rights: what issues are under discussion in the web platform?

Published in Thursday August 18th, 2011 In News

The Special Rapporteur has recently launched a web platform to discuss, among other themes, women’s housing and land rights. With the help of a global coordinator and focal points hired to coordinate the outreach in the seven different regions (North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa), the e-consultation aims to identify and make visible the different issues which women are currently facing throughout the world in relation to housing and land, to give us a fresh picture on the current state of these rights globally.

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Newsletter #13

Published in Thursday August 11th, 2011

The UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing is currently focused on preparation of reports on the missions to Argentina, Algeria and the World Bank, and also on the thematic report on “Women and Housing Rights”. In fact, the debate on the women’s housing and land rights brought people and organisations from all over the world to the web platform, and many themes have already been raised by participants. There is still time to participate in the debate! Furthermore, in September, the communications sent to countries by the Rapporteur from December 2010 to May this year will be presented at the UN Human Rights Council, alongside the communications of other Rapporteurs.