CEDAW Rising has briefed the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing on how cities and counties can respect, protect and fulfill housing rights through a gender-responsive and intersectional approach.
Our submission explains how gender and intersecting forms of discrimination shape housing insecurity and why advancing housing justice requires coordinated action across local government rather than siloed housing programs.
The submission offers a practical framework grounded in CEDAW Rising’s six pillars for effective local implementation: affirmative implementation, intersectionality, data-driven governance, whole-of-government gender mainstreaming, community responsiveness and oversight and transparency.
CEDAW Rising’s recommendations inform the Special Rapporteur’s forthcoming report on localizing the right to adequate housing. The report will provide governments and advocates with an authoritative resource for advancing human rights at the local level.
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