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Slum Dwellers International (SDI)
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A just recovery from COVID-19: young people from eight African cities speak out
As cities across Africa start to lift pandemic restrictions, young people are hoping for a more equitable future. We report on a project that captured the perspectives of young people living in informal settlements in eight African cities
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Data to drive informal settlement upgrading. Who generates it – and who owns it?
Guest blogger Sheela Patel joins David Satterthwaite to reflect on the data needed to drive, inform and crucially support informal settlement upgrading. And how and by whom is it generated and used?
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Building resilience to climate change through slum upgrading – the case of Jaga Mission in Odisha, India
Citing the case of Jaga Mission, guest blogger Antarin Chakrabarty suggests that high-quality, community-driven slum upgrading programmes can contribute to climate change resilience
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Film exploring the lives of urban refugees wins best documentary at Kenyan film festival
A hard-hitting film telling the stories of Nairobi’s urban refugees in their own words has won best documentary at the Eldoret Film Festival. Made by young Kenyans in an informal settlement, IIED premiered the film in September 2020, timed to coincide with the opening of the UN General Assembly
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What women want – part two: to map vulnerability to climate change
Guest blogger Sheela Patel continues her discussion of the priorities and needs of women living in informal settlements and tenements, highlighted by COVID-19. In this blog, she explains why women are ideally placed to map vulnerability to climate change in their community and city
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Informal settlement data and local community responses to COVID-19 and climate risks
This case study examines the deliberative and participatory processes used by Slum Dwellers International, focusing on two affiliated federations in Kenya and Malawi
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Engaging citizens for socially just climate action
This project aims to understand community-led adaptation responses and citizen engagement mechanisms to strengthen locally led and socially just climate action and national level climate policy decision-making
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Call to international funders: address grassroots organisations’ priorities, not yours
As COVID-19 persists and spreads, urban poor organisations need funding that is flexible enough to meet the evolving needs of their communities
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Getting housing back onto the development agenda in the time of COVID-19
Ahead of this year’s World Habitat Day themed ‘Housing for All’, David Satterthwaite sets out why adequate housing is fundamental for health, safety, inclusion in society, and access to employment and services – and for preventing the spread of COVID-19
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Film launch: Protracted displacement and urban crises
On Monday, 28 September 2020, IIED premiered a film telling the stories of urban refugees in Kenya. This event was held to coincide with the opening of the UN General Assembly and featured a Q&A with the documentary makers and other urban experts
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‘Building back better’ means ‘building back fairer’ after COVID-19
Karen Wong and Shahrin Mannan draw together insights from grassroots networks on moving towards a fairer world post-COVID-19
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New narratives for a 'new normal'
Sheela Patel and Suranjana Gupta say the effective responses to coronavirus being generated by women at the grassroots emphasises the importance of including them in climate change planning
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Community-led COVID-19 response: the work of the Philippines Homeless People’s Federation
Based on member interviews and accounts, the Philippines Homeless People’s Federation describes how community organisations have rallied to support vulnerable groups, hit hardest by the pandemic
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Transitioning to a better global ‘new normal’
COVID-19 has changed our world. To mark Earth Day 2020, and the global call to act on climate change, we ask: what lessons can we apply from the pandemic response to help tackle other global crises, including the climate emergency?
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COVID-19: on the front line where crisis meets normal
It is time for the development community to rethink its attitude to risk. COVID-19 shows the need to challenge vertical hierarchies and top-down responses to global crises
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Dealing with COVID-19 in the towns and cities of the global South
Diana Mitlin looks at the particular challenges the COVID-19 outbreak will pose to people living in informal settlements, what steps can be taken to reach the populations in need, and how community organisation networks can be supported to scale up their efforts
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Climate activism and cities: a shared agenda
In the second blog in our series considering the role social movements play in promoting climate action, Anna Walnycki reflects on where the climate movement and inclusive cities agenda meet, and why climate activists should look South to learn from long-standing urban community actors
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IIED remembers Jockin Arputham
IIED pays tribute to an inspirational leader and fighter for slum-dwellers' rights, who died on Saturday, aged 71
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Is urban development too complicated for us?
Aid agency staff find it difficult to work in informal settlements. There is little or no data about their residents. For many, there are no maps or street names. There are often complex political struggles that frustrate development projects. But this can be addressed by working with grassroots organisations and federations – as they have the knowledge and it is their needs that aid is meant to be addressing
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Financial inequalities; defining our age
A decade on from the global financial crisis, can the world's banks and financial institutions learn about value and values from grassroots savings schemes that help the world's lowest-income people?
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Ward diaries: crucial evidence for planning in Mumbai's slums
Jockin Arputham, the president of Slum/Shack Dwellers International and founder of the National Slum Dwellers Federation in India, explains how data from slums, gathered by slum dwellers themselves, is helping to provide vital services where they are needed most
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Is this too easy?
Voices from grassroots communities are being heard at Habitat III, but will this make a difference where it counts? Diana Mitlin writes from Quito
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Co-producing urban innovation from the bottom up
Finding alternatives to eviction: Teresa Corcoran reports on how urban poor organisations are working with local authorities to make cities more inclusive and resilient
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Show me the money!
Ahead of a side event at Habitat III, Anna Walnycki highlights how funding is needed for grassroots upgrading of informal settlements in the face of evictions
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Can global funds be accountable at the local level?
Is it possible for global funds to be accountable to local communities – especially those whose needs the funds should address?
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Where are the local indicators for the SDGs?
As discussions on the SDG indicators are under way in New York, David Satterthwaite asks where are the indicators that report on local needs and support local action in urban areas
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Why we do 'slum' profiles
Jockin Arputham, the founder of the National Slum Dwellers Federation in India, explains the benefits of developing a slum-dweller led strategy for securing land tenure and services
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Workers in informal economy need say in global environmental agendas
The green economy will benefit from better relations between urban authorities and informal workers and enterprises. Guest blogger Donald Brown examines ways to achieve this
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What might slum dwellers want from the SDGs?
Jockin Arputham has been fighting for the rights of slum dwellers for nearly 50 years. Ahead of World Habitat Day, he highlights what the Sustainable Development Goals could mean for slum dwellers
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It's the thought that counts: how can Addis deliver for the world’s poorest?
When the world's leaders meet in Addis to decide how they fund the SDGs, the real question is whether this money will support the world's poorest to shape their own futures
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About the architecture of aid
How can decentralised finance drive sustainable development? A new interactive story produced by IIED's Human Settlements Group highlights successful examples from the global South
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References: how can decentralised finance drive sustainable development?
The interactive presentation on architecture of aid describes two powerful examples of international funds that have supported community-based organisations at scale – the Urban Poor Fund International and the Asian Coalition for Community Action. Here are the sources used
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World Toilet Day: People need equality and dignity when they 'have to go'
On World Toilet Day on 19 November, our photoblog details the work of IIED and its partners to tackle the fact that 2.5 billion people lack access to basic sanitation
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Ebola – what must we learn?
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is launching an unprecedented appeal in response to the Ebola crisis, but what lessons must we learn if we are to effectively and equitably tackle future shocks of this scale?
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Achieving universal sanitation: Sharing the experience of the SDI affiliate in Blantyre, Malawi
Achieving universal sanitation is a major challenge. A joint delegation from Malawi came to World Water Week in Stockholm to share their work on sanitation in the city of Blantyre
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Urban water and sanitation
With water and sanitation recognised as human rights, IIED has been working with local partners to identify how sanitation can be improved in deprived urban locations
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Namibia shows how to support low cost housing
Around a quarter of Namibians live in informal urban neighbourhoods; they live without secure tenure and without adequate access to services. So how has the country gained its reputation for progressive state action on housing?
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Co-learning for inclusive cities
Not so long ago in Zimbabwe, government officials and communities would have blamed each other for the poor state of high density, low-income neighbourhoods. But thanks to years of dialogue the two sides have come together.
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From slum-dwelling carpenter to US$1.25 million prize winner
There's a surprising name on the list of winners of this year's US$1.25 million Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
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Slum dwellers nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Jockin Arputham and Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), the largest urban slum dweller movement in the world, have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
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Work and shelter – two struggles, one reality
Urban development programmes have tended to treat livelihoods and shelter as separate problems to solve, when in fact they are closely linked. Grassroots organisations are increasingly seeking ways to tackle these challenges together.
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TEDx Talk: A small change to aid, a big impact on urban poverty
One small change to how donors provide development aid could unlock the power of poor people in urban centres to address their own problems, says Dr David Satterthwaite, senior fellow in IIED’s Human Settlements Group.
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8 points on financing climate change adaptation in urban areas
As the urgency for governments and international agencies to address climate change increases, an expert meeting identified eight key points on finance priorities.
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How does a changing climate impact on urban poverty?
When floods hit a city, usually low-income groups are hit hardest. The devastation that such disasters cause can be linked to the failure of city governments to manage growth and build infrastructure.
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6th World Urban Forum: will the agenda of slum and shack dwellers ever get considered?
David Satterthwaite asks why representatives from the federations and networks of slum or shack dwellers were absent from almost all the official events and wonders when their priorities will get the attention they deserve.
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Why enumeration counts: documenting by the undocumented
People living in informal settlements are often deliberately left out of official surveys and maps. Now they're documenting themselves.
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People power: the urban poor are now a force to be reckoned with
Speakers at the "View from the streets" event in London showed how the urban poor can group together to bring about change
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City without limits: keeping pace with the urban poor
Celine D’Cruz, coordinator of Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), talks about her work with IIED
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World Urban Forum 2008
Fourth session of the World Urban Forum, 03 - 06 November 2008, Nanjing, China Theme: Harmonious Urbanization: The Challenge of Balanced Territorial Development
