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Challenges and responses to COVID-19: A local perspective from the cities of Sfax and Douala
Saturday, 25 April 2020
This week, the deputy mayor of Sfax (Tunisia) on decentralized cooperation and international relations, Mr. Med Wajdi Aydi; as well as the deputy mayor of Douala 3 (Cameroon), Mr. Achille Azemba, share those various initiatives put in place within their territories with a view to fight the pandemic and protect the most vulnerable groups, in particular migrant...
Live Learning Experience #BeyondTheOubtreak by UCLG: Guaranteeing migrants’ rights in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and answering to their needs
Saturday, 25 April 2020
Protecting migrants is a key issue raised by local authorities in the context of the pandemic. This includes finding ways to adapt communication on public health measures, ensuring access to right to health and food, coordinating actions with local associations and raise awareness on the urgency of the situation at different spheres of government. One of the last...
Challenges and responses to COVID-19: A local perspective from Renca (Chile) and Valencia (Spain)
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
Urban territories across the world are now sharing similar challenges when tackling the impacts of COVID-19: How to address residents’ needs in this time of crisis, and in particular those of the most vulnerable? What to do face to exacerbated social and territorial inequalities due to the pandemic? What are local authorities priorities and what responses are they...
The CSIPDHR in the context of COVID-19: A platform to support local government action and to address emerging challenges and solutions during and after the crisis
Thursday, 09 April 2020
Faced with the spread of COVID-19, increasingly impacting communities and territories across the world, local governments play a key role in addressing the most urgent needs of city residents. Mayors, councillors and municipal officers are providing first line support to the most vulnerable while promoting solidarity and making efforts so that the needs and...
Local authorities are already addressing housing-related challenges face to COVID-19: Live Learning Experience co-organized by the CSIPDHR and UCLG
Wednesday, 08 April 2020
Last 1st April, UCLG and the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights (CSIPDHR) co-organized alongside UN Habitat and Metropolis a new session of its Live Learning Experience on COVID-19 and local governments, focused this time on the links between the current health crisis and the housing crisis. The session gathered more than two...
A new set of UN Guidelines for the Implementation of the Right to Housing has been presented by Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing Leilani Farha presented last 5 March her last report to the Human Rights Council, containing a set of guidelines for the implementation of the right to housing. This report is the culmination of Rapporteur Farha’s 6 years’ mandate, which has been marked by her worldwide promotion of human rights-inspired housing...
The Right to the City for Women: Advancing the CSIPDHR and UCLG’s Agenda on Gender Equality
Sunday, 08 March 2020
Following the key messages shared by Mexico City, Montreal and Barcelona in their open letter on the Right to the City for Women (2019, March 8), the CSIPDHR proposed the special session “Co-creating Local Policies for Women’s Rights” during Iztapalapa’s IOPD Conference. This event addressed some topical issues in regards to women’s right to the city – such as...
Presentation of the Action Plan 2020 of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights (UCLG CSIPDHR)
Friday, 21 February 2020
The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights (UCLG CSIPDHR) is pleased to share with its members and partners its Action Plan for 2020. This document provides a framework for strategic articulation for the initiatives and actions led by members and partners of the Committee in a wide variety of thematic areas, including human...

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