Presenting HIC’s Action Research: Towards Adherence to Human Rights and the Right to the City

A collective presentation and debate with the organizations involved On 27th May 2021, the HIC General Secretariat will launch the book ‘A Framework for Understanding The Nature, Efficacy & Lessons of Civil Society Movement Strategies for Influencing Policy Towards Adherence to Human Rights and the Right to the City’ in an online zoom event that will […]

Fearless and Transformative Cities: Housing Stories from the Ground

The right to housing is under attack. Alarming levels of homelessness, forced evictions, unaffordable homes―we need long-term solutions to the global housing crisis. As Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, argues: “Due to the unprecedented nature of the crisis, tinkering around the edges of an unsustainable model of economic development will not […]

The high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) 2021

This year's meeting of the HLPF (6 - 15 July 2021), will take place under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, discussing ways to ensure a sustainable and resilient recovery from COVID-19 in order to realize the 2030 Agenda.  The theme is "Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the […]

HIC Co-Learning Spaces: Strategy Meeting for Participants

HIC is inviting its Members to participate in the 2021-2022 HIC Co-Learning Spaces, to strengthen the Coalition capacity to prioritize, strategize, learn and advocate together to influence habitat-related policy outcomes Co-learning spaces are cross-regional, multi-session learning opportunities for interested HIC Members, Friends and allies to generate and multiply emancipatory learning practices based on human rights related to habitat. […]

2nd Housing Conference in Kenya

Grassroots Trust for Community Organization in Kenya together with other civil society organizations is organizing this conference: 2nd Housing Conference in Kenya, as an Advocacy Mechanism for influencing, learning, building local and global networks, as well as documenting lessons and best practices.

World Habitat Day 2021

The United Nations’ (UN) World Habitat Day is annually celebrated on the first Monday of October to reflect on the state of human settlements and people’s right to sufficient shelter. By a resolution of the UN General Assembly in 1985, the first Monday in October of each year is commemorated as World Habitat Day or World Homeless […]

Urban October 2021 : HIC Members, Friends and Allies activities

Urban October 2021 offers us a moment to raise our voices in the defence, promotion and realization of our human rights related to habitat. This month is not only about urban sustainability, even though the theme of this year’s World Habitat Day (4th October) is “Accelerating urban action for a carbon-free world”. Social and environmental movements, […]

The 2nd Kisumu international conference on adequate and affordable housing for all for sustainable development

Grassroots Trust for Community Organization in Kenya in collaboration with County Government of Kisumu and local and International Housing stakeholders organize the Conference : “Access to and Secure Land tenure - A Key pillar for Adequate and Affordable Housing”. Dates: from 5th – 6th virtual and 18th - 19th October 2021, The challenge of access […]