Keyword: World Zero Evictions Days

France, la Caravane des mal-logés et des sans-logis

L'Itinéraire de la Caravane du DAL 2009 From September 22 through October 5 the Caravan will visit Clermont-Ferrand, Strasbourg, Saint Etienne, Lyon, Grenoble, Bourg, Dijon, Besançon, and Colmar, ending in Strasbourg to address the European deputies and make our anger heard.

Final Resolution, International Forum on the crisis of housing in Haiti

We, organizations of survivors living in internally displaced persons’ [IDP] camps, as well as social and grassroots organizations, assembled for three days (May 19-21, 2011) at Fany Villa in Port-au-Prince to reflect on the problem of housing within Haiti’s longstanding crisis. Following an exchange around the theme “January 12: Nightmares, Reality and Dreams,” we state:

Gridiamo insieme basta alle violazioni! Conquistiamo insieme il diritto alla casa e alla terra!

Resistances and Alternatives are the key words chosen by the Liaison Committee, established during the World Assembly of Inhabitants (WAI) in order to unify the Global Campaign for the right to housing and to land  from the 16th  September until the 31st  October this year.

Gridiamo insieme basta alle violazioni! Conquistiamo insieme il diritto alla casa e alla terra!

Resistances and Alternatives are the key words chosen by the Liaison Committee, established during the World Assembly of Inhabitants (WAI) in order to unify the Global Campaign for the right to housing and to land  from the 16th  September until the 31st  October this year.

The World Habitat Days & Zero Eviction Days in India

National Forum for Urban Poor (NFUP ), an active member of Leaders and Organisors of Community Organisations in Asia (LOCOA ) and affiliated to International Alliance of Inhabitants (IAI ), committed to the decision taken by the World Assembly of Inhabitants at WSF-Dakar , 2011, call upon all housing and land rights activists/organisations to join in mass actions in 4 Mega Cities (Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Bangalore ) of India between 1 st  October and 31 st  October 2011  to demand an immediate end to forced evictions and land grabbing, and a halt to the persecution and intimidation of activists and genuine fulfillment of the right to housing and land for all.

Bangladesh, Human chain and meeting for Zero Evictions and Right to Housing

Organized by the International Alliance of Inhabitants-WAI Bangladesh the people of Bangladesh have observed the World Habitat Day 2011 successfully completed the following activities for the day.

California, Prayer Walk for Homes and Healing

CHAM is organizing a Prayer Walk for Homes and Healing to take place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, October 6. The walk will begin at St. James Park near the corner of First and St. John Street, and will proceed through the neighborhood where we will pass by and pray before several vacant and/or foreclosed homes.

Making Phnom Penh an Eviction Free Zone

Please join us for the Phnom Penh solidarity event, hosted by the Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF), which will include speeches by activists, film trailers, video footage and photos of evictions, as well as a call to sign a petition to make Phnom Penh an Eviction Free Zone. John Vink to present photos of recent Boeung Kak Lake evictions. 

Regno Unito, manifestazione di massa alla Dale Farm: “non potete toglierci la dignità”

Residents confront police as evictions begin (Dale Farm, UK, 19 10 2011)(Peter Macdiarmid-Getty Images ) At 4.45 pm today, October 20 2011, Dale Farm residents and supporters will jointly walk off the site to begin the next stage of the battle against eviction which has been waged across courts, barricades and protests. The decision to leave together was made in order to show the unity of the residents and supporters after two months of supporter presence at Dale Farm through Camp Constant.

Make Phnom Penh an Eviction Free Zone!

Launching Petition Make Phnom Penh an Eviction Free Zone Over the past two decades, over ten percent of the Phnom Penh’s population has been displaced, often for poorer futures. These World Habitat Days, join us in calling on Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema to end forced evictions and declare Phnom Penh an Eviction Free Zone . The last day to sign the petition is November 1 2011.

Mumbai, WHD: Rally, Memorandum and Joint Anti-Evictions Task Force announced

WHD, Rally from Mahim Phatak to Pivla Bunglow in Dharavi (Mumbai, October 31 2011) A new alliance of inhabitants organizations organized the World Habitat Day. About 500 grass-root communities submitted a Memorandum to the State Chief Minister demanding to Stop Forceful Evictions and open a dialogue with Local Communities, NGOs and CBOs to find appropriate solutions to the Mumbai’s housing crisis in full compliance with the ICESCR. To support the demands, it was announced setting up of the Joint Anti-Eviction Task Force involving all the stake-holders.