The right to adequate housing for women is crucial for the effectiveness of other rights – Newsletter #32

Early in March, the Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik presented three mission reports – Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Rwanda and the World Bank – as well as a thematic report on security of tenure to the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva. Furthermore, the Rapporteur seizes the opportunity on this March 8th to reaffirm that the guarantee of the right to adequate housing for women is crucial for the effectiveness of other rights and for the promotion of autonomy in every sphere of their lives.

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* Internationl Women’s Day
Check out the learning materials on women and the right to housing elaborated by the Rapporteur. You can also read the report presented last year to the UN Human Rights Council as well as other reports written by the Rapporteur on the theme. Click here.

* New Reports
Read the mission reports presented to the UN Human Rights Council on March 4th: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Rwanda and the World Bank. You can also read the report on security of tenurepresented in the same occasion. To read the countries’ interventions, during the 22nd session, regarding those reports, click here. It’s possible to watch the video of the presentation and the thematic dialogue as well.

* Side event: Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory
On March 4th, the Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik attended a side-event on the right to housing in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Promoted by human rights organizations, the event had over 30 participants. To learn more, click here.

* Next Missions
The dates and countries for the missions the Rapporteur will carry out this year are already confirmed. The first one will be from May 30th to June 12th, in Indonesia, and the second will be from September 2nd to 18th, to the United Kingdom.