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Rent relief programs and moratorium of evictions in the context of the social crisis caused by COVID-19: What responses by local governments?
Sunday, 17 May 2020
Across the world, many local governments have put in place emergency responses to housing-related challenges that have arisen as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. The potential risk of a deepened housing crisis - in the medium and long term - is a growing concern for many local and regional governments (LRGs), due to the massive loss of jobs and the disruption of...
Challenges and responses to COVID-19: Interview to Shams Asadi, Human Rights Commissioner of Vienna
Friday, 15 May 2020
Local governments who have been developing human rights policies over the last years now count with additional knowledge, expertise and institutional capacity that could prove particularly useful in addressing the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. The rights-based approach has guided the implementation of new local measures, including action on non-...
Challenges and responses to COVID-19: A local perspective from Mexico City
Friday, 15 May 2020
For several months now, the COVID-19 epidemic has been affecting almost the entire world to a greater or lesser extent. During this time, local governments have been developing sound policies to respond to the different impacts of the social and economic crisis triggered by the pandemic. Policies are being implemented in areas like social assistance of groups in...
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...

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