Special
Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate
standard of living
Women and housing
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR), by its resolution 2002/49 on
women's equal ownership of, access to and control over land and equal
rights to own property and to adequate housing, the Commission entrusted
the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing with the additional task of
preparing a study on women and adequate housing. For this purpose, the
Special Rapporteur has developed a questionnaire to solicit information
from States, local authorities and civil society for the preparation of the
study.
Questionnaire on women and
housing:
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With the support from UN-HABITAT, a regional civil society consultation
was organized for the Special Rapporteur in Nairobi in October 2002, which
helped him to collect the views of grassroots women from East African
countries on issues relevant to his mandate. In April 2003, the Commission
adopted resolution 2003/22 specifically encouraged the holding of further
regional consultations on the issue.
With the support from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights, United Nations agencies and programmes and non-governmental
organizations, regional civil society consultations were organized for the
Special Rapporteur from 2002 to 2006. In accordance with the mandate
entrusted to him by the Commission on Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur
has presented his main findings stemming from thematic research, country
missions, regional consultations and replies received on the questionnaire
in three reports as follows:
The following regional consultations were organized (some with
external links):
Asia Regional Consultation on the Interlinkages between Violence against
Women and Women's Right to Adequate Housing (Delhi, India, October 2003) Report
Latin America and Caribbean Regional Consultation on Women and Adequate
Housing (Mexico City, Mexico, December 2003) Report
Middle East and North Africa Regional Consultation on Women's Right to
Adequate Housing and Land (Alexandria, Egypt, July 2004)
Pacific Regional Consultation on Women's Rights to Adequate Housing and
Land (Nadi, Fiji , October 2004) Report
North American Regional Consultation on Women and the Right to Adequate
Housing (Washington D.C. , USA, October 2005)
Central-Asia/Eastern Europe Regional Consultation on Women's Right to
Adequate Housing – the interlinkages between multiple discrimination and
women's right to adequate housing (Budapest, Hungary, November 2005)
Mediterranean Regional Consultation on Women's Right to Adequate Housing
(Barcelona, Spain , March 2006) Report
Other links:
Resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights
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Session
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Symbol
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Title
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Documents
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61st
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E/CN.4/RES/2005/25
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Women's equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal
rights to own property and to adequate housing
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E
F
S
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60th
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E/CN.4/RES/2004/21
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Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard
of living
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E
F
S
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59th
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E/CN.4/RES/2003/22
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Women's equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal
rights to own property and to adequate housing
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E
F
S
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57th
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E/CN.4/RES/2001/34
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Women's equal ownership of, access to and control over land and the
equal rights to own property and to adequate housing
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E
F
S
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56th
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E/CN.4/RES/2000/13
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Women's equal ownership of, access to and control over land and the
equal rights to own property and to adequate housing
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E
F
S
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Resolutions of the Sub-Commission on Human Rights
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Session
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Symbol
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Title
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Documents
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51st
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E/CN.4/SUB.2/RES/1999/15
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Women and the right to development
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E
F
S
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50th
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E/CN.4/SUB.2/RES/1998/15
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Women and the right to land, property and adequate housing
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E
F
S
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49th
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E/CN.4/SUB.2/RES/1997/19
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Women and the right to adequate housing and to land and property
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E
F
S
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Related UN Links
Special
Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Committee on
the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Documents
Women's equal ownership of, access to and control over land and the
equal rights to own property and to adequate housing, Report of the
Secretary-General submitted in accordance with Commission resolution
2001/34, E/CN.4/2002/53
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