WUNRN
LATIN AMERICA - HOUSING RIGHTS &
RIGHT TO THE CITY - WOMEN - COHRE
Direct Link to Full 19-Page
Publication:
http://www.cohre.org/sites/default/files/bulletin_vol_3_no_10_-_december_2010_english.pdf
Women's Right to Housing: Trends
& Challenges in Latin America
"Numerous investigations have
shown that Latin America's housing crisis is particularly affecting
women....The forces of the market and even some of the plans implemented by
Latin American governments to narrow the existing gap between the demand and
the availability of houses, have ended up relegating women and children to
disadvantaged urban experiences....At the Latin American level, the inequality
faced by women with fewer resources has increased in the past few
years...."
