Strengthening communications capabilities for housing justice: the transformative potential of civic media labs
Civic space is crucial to fostering democracy and equality, and there is widespread recognition among development organisations and donors of the urgent need to strengthen it.
There is less awareness, however, about the importance of supporting the communication capabilities of social movements, which reflections from a recent action-research project – ‘Civic media for housing rights’ – show could be transformative.
In 2022, IIED partnered with housing movements in two cities – União dos Movimentos de Moradia (UMM) in São Paulo, Brazil, and Justice & Empowerment Initiatives (JEI) in Lagos, Nigeria – to explore the role of communications and media in housing struggles.
This briefing shares some reflections and outcomes from the project.
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