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Located on the eastern periphery of Mexico City, the municipality of Iztapalapa is the gateway for the entire poor population of the southeast of the country and for the…

Homelessness is one of the most severe problems currently facing cities and regions around the world, undermining people’s opportunities to live prosperous lives and eroding the…

Considering the renewed leadership in view of the implementation of the Pact for the Future at the Daejeon Congress of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the Executive…

The Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights of United Cities and Local Governments (CSIPDHR-UCLG) participated in the World Forum Cities and…

The Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG-CSIPDHR) with its co-chair from Gwangju Metropolitan…

The sixth edition of the GOLD report  produced by UCLG will be launched during the UCLG World Congress, which will take place in Daejeon (Republic of Korea), in October 2022. The…

Last December 1st, our Committee organized the special session “Municipalism, social movements and feminist approaches”. The event highlighted local government perspectives on…

The “Femmes du Monde” Seminar (Women of the World) held in Seine Saint Denis from 22 to 29 November saw the launch of the “Caring territories for women victims of  violence”…

The International Observatory on Violence against Women and Girls gathers local government efforts to address VAWG in urban territories worldwide. This is an initiative promoted…

The fourth edition of the Transformative Cities award is looking forward to receiving a good number of submissions by local governments implementing projects related to social…

New horizons for the social agenda of UCLG were discussed last 25 October at the occasion of a new edition of the UCLG Policy Council on the Right to the City. Key members of the…

Local governments adopt participatory democracy practices to empower civil society, better include marginalized groups and build more accountable and inclusive institutions.…

The final report of the "Dialogue on Migrant Women in Cities" organized last September 10 2020 has been published today on the occassion of 8th March 2021, International Women's…

The GOLD VI Report will address the inequality crisis and its multiple dimensions as experienced at the local level. It will do so to explore meaningful pathways developed by…

The “Call of the 14th November” represents a landmark political initiative by municipal authorities in France. Elected local government representatives from different political…