SDI at the 13th World Urban Forum

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Find us at the Favela Hub, the Habitat Village or email esley@sdinet.org to connect.

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Grassroots and Civil Society Assembly
13:00
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17:00

Speakers: Rose Molokoane (South African Federation of the Urban Poor), Sarah Nandudu (National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda) and Melanie Chirwa (People's Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia)

17
MAY
World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments
Roundtable Room A
13:00
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17:00

Speaker: Antoine Agossou: Association of Inhabitants of Slum Areas in the Republic of Benin (HAZOBIT)

18
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Cities4Children
09:00
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17:00

Speakers: Melanie Chirwa (People's Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia), Joan Nsiimo (ACTogether Uganda) and Abednego Chanda (Zambia Homeless and Poor Peoples Youth Federation)

19
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The Social and Economic power of housing
Dialogue Room B
09:30
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11:30

Speaker: Rose Molokoane (South African Federation of the Urban Poor)

19
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Building Power from Below: SDI 30 Year Anniversary Commemorative Event
Multipurpose Room 07
12:00
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13:30

Moderator: Sarah Nandudu (National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda)
Speakers: All SDI Delegates

19
MAY
Displaced: A City's Scars
Urban Cinema
13:30
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14:30

Speaker: Samuel Okechukwu (Agbajowo Collective / Media4Change)

19
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Use of media for youth engagement
Habitat Village
14:30
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15:30

Speaker: Antoine Agossou: Association of Inhabitants of Slum Areas in the Republic of Benin (HAZOBIT)

19
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From Community Data to Community Impact - hearing from experts by experience
Voices from Cities - Room D
16:00
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17:30

Speakers: Abednego Chanda (Zambia Homeless and Poor Peoples Youth Federation) & Anne Wambui (Muungano wa Wanavijiji)

20
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Transforming Informal Settlements and Slums for Housing the World
Dialogue room A
09:30
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11:30

Speaker: Samuel Okechukwu (Agbajowo Collective / Media4Change)

20
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Prioritising forced evictions on the agenda-Getting serious about prevention and remedy
Multipurpose Room 10
12:00
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13:30

Speaker: Samuel Okechukwu (Agbajowo Collective / Media4Change)

20
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The Cities Countdown to 2030 in Action – Housing as a Driver of Global Agenda Delivery
Multipurpose Room 5
12:00
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13:30

Speaker: Antoine Agossou: Association of Inhabitants of Slum Areas in the Republic of Benin (HAZOBIT)

20
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Feminist and Caring Cities: Care Infrastructures and Housing in Territories of Inequality
Multipurpose Room 11
12:00
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13:30

Speakers: Rose Molokoane (South African Federation of the Urban Poor)

20
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Financing Housing Justice- Approaches to advance anti-discriminatory, democratic, sustainable and caring housing futures
Multipurpose Room 1
14:00
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15:30

Speaker: Melanie Chirwa (People's Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia)

20
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Protecting Homes, Building Resilience: Nature and Urban Services in Informal Neighbourhoods
Multipurpose Room 04
14:00
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15:30

Speaker: Christabel Chimba (Zambian Homeless and Poor People’s Federation)

20
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Community Responses to Eviction and Displacement
Favela Hub
14:00
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15:00

Speakers: Joan Nsiimo (ACTogether Uganda) and Sarah Nandudu (National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda)

20
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Transforming informal settlements: Data, standards and practices
UN-Habitat Arena
16:30
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17:30

Speaker: Joan Nsiimo (ACTogether Uganda)

20
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Scaling Resilience: Self-Built Housing as a Pathway to Safer, Climate-Ready Cities
Multipurpose Room 1
16:00
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17:30

Speaker: Antoine Agossou: Association of Inhabitants of Slum Areas in the Republic of Benin (HAZOBIT)

21
MAY
Remove the risk, not the people - Slum transformation as key to housing justice and climate resilience
ONE UN Room B
14:00
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15:30

Speaker: Sarah Nandudu (National Leader, National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda)

21
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Beyond crisis urban responses to displacement in drought-stressed cities through housing and Wash infrastructure
Urban Library - Room A
15:00
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16:00

Speaker: Melanie Chirwa (People's Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia)

21
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Grassroots and Civil Society Roundtable
Urban Library - Room A
15:30
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17:00

Speaker: Samuel Okechukwu (Agbajowo Collective / Media4Change)

22
MAY
Land Governance and Land-Based Solutions for Housing Venue
UN-Habitat Arena
11:15
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12:15

Speaker: Sarah Nandudu (National Slum Dwellers Federation of Uganda)

22
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Leveraging machine learning and earth observation for mapping deprived areas in the global south
Room E
12:00
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13:00

Speaker: Melanie Chirwa (People's Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia)

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