WUNRN
IMPORTANT RESOURCE ON THE RIGHT TO
HOUSING FOR WOMEN
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“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) |
LINK TO FULL TOOLKIT http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/toolkit/Pages/RighttoAdequateHousingToolkit.aspx |
The
Right to Adequate Housing Toolkit
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[Woman and her baby in their flooded
shack in an informal settlement of
© Bahram Ghazi]
"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)
· Re/conceiving the human right to housing (2002)
http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G02/405/46/PDF/G0240546.pdf?OpenElement
· Policy
Makers Guide to Women’s Land, Property and Housing Rights Across the World
[Aboriginal family outside their
derelict house near