Call to the People's Alternative Urban Social Forum in Medellín, 6 to 9 April 2014
Medellín is one of the most unequal cities in Latin America.
It is in this city, location of the VII World Urban Forum held by UN-Habitat, that a large number of local, national and international organizations have agreed to hold the People's Alternative URBAN SOCIAL FORUM from 6 to 9 April 2014.
» Call to the People's Alternative Urban Social Forum in Medellín, 6 to 9 April 2014WUF 7 2014, AITEC Declaration for an alternative process
AITEC’s declaration for the WUF 7 in Medellin proposes a new agenda to be discussed by international networks of urban social movements, and particularly those united in the World Assembly of Inhabitants, to mobilize to prepare Habitat III for 2016 on the basis of their platforms.
» WUF 7 2014, AITEC Declaration for an alternative processProgramme: People’s Alternative Urban Social Forum 2014
Programme: People’s Alternative Urban Social Forum (Medellín, 6th - 9th April 2014)
» Programme: People’s Alternative Urban Social Forum 2014Workshop: Your video, a weapon against evictions >>> Space is limited. To sign up, please fill out the form
In collaboration with the International Alliance of Inhabitants and the Zero Evictions Campaign, WITNESS is providing a 3-hour workshop on using video to support advocacy work around forced evictions, land rights and housing rights.
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» Workshop: Your video, a weapon against evictions >>> Space is limited. To sign up, please fill out the formRealidades de la vivienda popular que no se abordan con seriedad en Medellín
COSTOS FINANCIEROS, MONOPOLIO DEL SUELO, ESPECULACIÓN DE TIERRAS, REDUCCIÓN DE CALIDAD, IMPUESTO PREDIAL Y SEGREGACIÓN URBANA
Abordar la ciudad informal y la vivienda popular implica una actitud ética. No se puede hacer vivienda para pobres con el criterio de que las restricciones económicas implican una reducción en sus necesidades como seres humanos. No pueden existir normas diferentes, ni normas mínimas, pues todos los hombres son iguales. La falta de compromiso del Estado como oferente de soluciones de vivienda social ha dejado el tema en manos del sector privado, y no hay un control sobre la vivienda. (La ciudad anónima, Rogelio Salmona)
» Realidades de la vivienda popular que no se abordan con seriedad en MedellínThe International Alliance of Inhabitants is a global network of associations and social movements of inhabitants, cooperatives, communities, tenants, house owners, homeless, slum dwellers, indigenous populations and people from working class neighbourhoods. The objective is the construction of another possible world starting from the achievement of the housing and city rights.