New Observers/representatives for Asia and North America/Canada to the HIC Board
The Habitat International Coalition's Board is pleased to announce the designation of Mrs Meena Menon as Observer to the Board for Asia and Mrs Geneviève Drouin as Observer to the [...]
HIC at the 2024 High-Level Political Forum: towards sustained commitment and action for climate justice
HIC will join the High-Level Political Forum discussions to draw attention on the clear connection between climate justice, housing and habitat with this podcast and our main actions to advance climate justice. [...]
HIC Letter of solidarity in the recent protests against the new tax bill in Kenya
HIC General Secretariat Team and Members in the Africa region are deeply concerned by the violence witnessed in many parts of Kenya during the recent protests. We are all especially [...]
HIC’s cross–regional learning to advocate for meaningful climate justice now available in a podcast episode
A unique podcast episode is available now, to navigate through a comprehensive understanding of climate change, climate justice, and the necessary steps to advocate for the climate actions we need [...]
New Representative to the Board for Women and/or Feminist movements: Mrs Zaida Muxi
The HIC Board is pleased to share with you the appointment of the new Representative to the Board for Women and/or Feminist movements, Mrs Zaida Muxi who is based in [...]
Fighting for a meaningful and collectively built Pact for the Future: Main takeaways of the UN Civil Society Conference
Between 9th and 10th of May the 2024 United Nations Civil Society Conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya. Convened by the United Nations Department of Global Communications (DGC), the conference [...]
Call for Applications: Asia Program Officer for Housing and Habitat
The Working People’s Coalition (WPC) is a loose network of organizations, networks, and federations working on labour and labour related issues, with a focus on informal, low paid and migrant [...]
Forced evictions and demolitions in Kenya’s informal settlements
First came the devastating disaster of floods that washed away people’s homes leading to displacements and destruction of property, then came the bulldozers that swept away what was left. Around [...]
Appointment of Anacláudia Rossbach as the new Executive Director of UN-Habitat
It’s our pleasure to share with you that Anacláudia Rossbach has been appointed as the new Executive Director of UN-Habitat. We celebrate and welcome this news with happiness and enthusiasm, [...]
Linking Climate Justice and Habitat on World Environmental Day
Environmental justice is a fundamental goal that cuts across human rights related to habitat, which is why one of our coalition's main areas of work is habitat and environment. This [...]
Chile – Solidarity with the families of the Toma 17 de Mayo in the commune of Cerro Navia, Chile
From HIC we strongly condemn together with HIC AL the forced eviction of 200 families from the Toma 17 de Mayo in the commune of Cerro Navia, Chile. La Toma [...]
Care, Territories and Violence: enhancing gender equality, women’s land and habitat rights to accelerate poverty eradication
CSW68 Event Report Dr. Priscila Izar, Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies (CUBES), School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, Session Moderator “This event will [...]