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WOMEN & HABITATS - WOMEN'S VOICES & ACTIVISM ON URBANIZATION, SLUMS

 

Nearly twenty years ago, grassroots women living in slums and informal settlements gathered in a tent outside the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing to advocate for recognition and respect for the central role they play in their families and communities. A common concern was growing that the global women's movement was not ensuring processes for including grassroots women in their agenda-setting and advocacy, and that the issues poor communities were dealing with on a daily basis such as basic services, access to food, livelihoods, water and sanitation, etc, were not being prioritized.  The Huairou Commission was born out of this gathering. 

 

Of the 17 priority areas of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is #11: "Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable."

 

Relinda Sosa, President, National Confederation for Women Organized for Life and Integrated Development (CONAMOVIDI), GROOTS Peru

 

"Due to the configuration of society, women are the ones who spend most time with the families and in the community, therefore they know it better than men who often only sleep in the area and then go to work far away...Despite their position, though, and due to the macho culture that exists in Latin America, women are often invisible. This is why we are working to ensure they are involved in the planning process, because of the data and knowledge they have."

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President  Carmen Griffiths, Executive Director Construction Resource and Development Center (CRDC), GROOTS Jamaica

"When access to basic services is lacking, women are the ones who have to face these situations first...We look at settlements patterns in the cities, we talk about densification in the city, people living in the periphery, in

"When access to basic services is lacking, women are the ones who have to face these situations first...We look at settlements patterns in the cities, we talk about densification in the city, people living in the periphery, in informal settlements, in housing that is not regular, have no water, no sanitation in some cases, without proper electricity. We talk about what causes violence to women in the city...Sometimes it happens that you find good politicians, some other times they just want a vote and don't interface with the people at all." GROOTS Jamaica is a national network of grassroots women's groups in urban and rural areas of Jamaica.

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Urban Population to Reach 3.9 Billion by Year End

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INDIA - SLUM LIFE IN POVERTY FOR WOMEN & GIRLS - PHOTOS

 

Slum dwellers live surrounded by dirty stagnant water, garbage and overflowing drains -

Slum dwellers live surrounded by dirty stagnant water, garbage and overflowing drains

Slum houses are made out of discarded materials such as plastic, gunny bags and old pieces of cloth -

Slum houses are made out of discarded materials such as plastic, gunny bags and old pieces of cloth

Safe water is scarce - people have to walk to fetch water or queue to collect it from tankers -

Safe water is scarce - people have to walk to fetch water or queue to collect it from tankers

There is one community latrine for 125 people -

 

There is one community latrine for 125 people

 

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