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What women want – part two: to map vulnerability to climate change

24 Jun 2021

This article was originally published by IIED. By Sheela Patel, founder director of SPARC India and co-founder of SDI This blog draws mostly on the experiences of SDI's federations,…

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What women want: how COVID-19 has highlighted the priorities and most pressing needs of urban poor women

18 May 2021

Sheela Patel discusses how COVID-19 has highlighted the priorities and most pressing needs of women living in informal settlements and tenements. Women members of informal saving groups and of…

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Mbarara, Uganda: An informal community uses collective savings to deal with Covid-19

06 Apr 2021

The slum dwellers in Mbarara city, Uganda are using collective savings to deal with the global pandemic and investing in new businesses. Sarah Nandudu reports This is the fortieth in…

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Predicting Covid-19 Contagion Risk Hotspots

25 Mar 2021

[caption id="attachment_13126" align="alignnone" width="450"] Dharavi, India. Photo credit: SDI[/caption] This article was originally published by Cities Alliance. A new initiative on the ground in eight SDI-affiliated cities,…

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Enhancing the Resilience of Slum Communities to Overcome the Covid-19 Crisis

25 Feb 2021

[caption id="attachment_13337" align="alignleft" width="450"] Youth training in the fabrication of hand washing facilities (People’s Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia)[/caption] …

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SDI welcomes Joseph Muturi as new Chair ...

05 Oct 2020

SDI is excited to announce an important milestone in our organisation. In May 2020, Joseph...

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SDI at CBA14: Claiming Space for Communities ...

17 Sep 2020

From 21 - 24 September, a delegation of SDI slum dweller leaders and support professionals will participate...

Global Agenda

KYC.TV Online Training: Lessons Taught and Le ...

03 Sep 2020

Towards a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for and by youth in slums Photo...

Youth

News Release: Cities Alliance supports SDI af ...

03 Aug 2020

SDI is excited to announce the below partnership with Cities Alliance, supporting SDI-affiliated federations...

Partnerships

New narratives for a 'new normal' ...

29 Jul 2020

This post originally featured on the IIED blog. By Sheela Patel and Suranjana Gupta...

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Responding to Covid 19: Update from the Botsw ...

08 Jul 2020

4 June 2020 BACKGROUND Botswana is one of many other African countries that are facing...

Botswana

Covid-19

Impact of Covid-19 on Nigeria's Informal Sett ...

01 Jul 2020

An update from the Nigeria SDI Alliance, comprised of Justice & Empowerment Initiatives - Nigeria (JEI),...

Nigeria

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Ghana SDI Alliance Community Response to Covi ...

24 Jun 2020

An update from the Ghana SDI Alliance, comprised of Ghana Federation of the Urban Poor...

Ghana

Covid-19

Mitigating the Impact of Covid-19 on Informal ...

19 Jun 2020

The following is an account from the National Slum Dweller Federation of Uganda (NSDFU) and ACTogether...

Uganda

Covid-19

What women want – part two: to map vulnerability to climate change

What women want: how COVID-19 has highlighted the priorities and most pressing needs of urban poor women

Mbarara, Uganda: An informal community uses collective savings to deal with Covid-19

Predicting Covid-19 Contagion Risk Hotspots

Enhancing the Resilience of Slum Communities to Overcome the Covid-19 Crisis

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What women want – part two: to map vulnerability to climate change

What women want: how COVID-19 has highlighted the priorities and most pressing needs of urban poor women

Mbarara, Uganda: An informal community uses collective savings to deal with Covid-19

Predicting Covid-19 Contagion Risk Hotspots

Enhancing the Resilience of Slum Communities to Overcome the Covid-19 Crisis

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