WUNRN

http://www.wunrn.com

IMPORTANT RESOURCE ON THE RIGHT TO HOUSING FOR WOMEN

“The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions." (Article 11.1 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights)

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LINK TO FULL TOOLKIT

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/toolkit/Pages/RighttoAdequateHousingToolkit.aspx

The Right to Adequate Housing Toolkit

[Woman and her baby in their flooded shack in an informal settlement of Papua New Guinea.
© Bahram Ghazi]

Women

"All human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and … women’s equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal right to own property and to adequate housing contribute to the full realization of human rights" (Commission on Human Rights, 2005/25)

Documents

· Special Rapporteur on adequate housing web page on women and housing, including reports, regional consultations and resolutions

· Re/conceiving the human right to housing (2002)

http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G02/405/46/PDF/G0240546.pdf?OpenElement

Guidance

· Policy Makers Guide to Women’s Land, Property and Housing Rights Across the World

[Aboriginal family outside their derelict house near Darwin, Australia. © Bahram Ghazi]