Legal Empowerment in Informal Settlements / Adrian Di Giovanni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Di Giovanni, Adrian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legal assistance to the poor--Africa.

Legal assistance to the poor.

Squatter settlements--Government policy--Africa.

Squatter settlements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Taylor & Francis, 2025.

Summary:

"This book investigates grassroots, community-led justice strategies - known as legal empowerment - being used to promote the human rights of people living in informal settlements in the Global South. Residents of informal settlements, also known as slums or favelas, encounter a complex array of human rights violations; from systemic discrimination by public officials, to threats to physical security from forced evictions, or arbitrary arrests, to a lack of access to basic services such as housing, water, sanitation, and education. This book shows how grassroots justice organizations around the world are working with residents to defend their rights and secure more dignified living conditions. Drawing on original empirical research across 10 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the book demonstrates how legal empowerment can put residents at the centre of holistic approaches to urban development and confront exclusionary and undemocratic systems of governance. The book encompasses practical recommendations and strategies such as rights-based approaches to informality, participation, community mobilization and litigation. Bridging the gaps between the law on the books and the harsh realities of informality on the ground, this book will be an important read for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, working in realms of social and economic rights, access to justice and urban poverty and development"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Legal Empowerment in Informal Settlements : Grassroots Experiences in the Global South / Adrian Di Giovanni and Luciana Bercovich

Legal empowerment approaches to gender equality in informal settlements / Catalina Marino

Active citizenship and access to justice : Embedding citizenship indicators within access-to justice strategies in Rio's favelas / Rita Corrêa Brandão, Larissa de Souza Ferreira de Morais, Robson de Aguiar Oliveira, and Tauan da Silva Satyro

Empowering informal settlement communities for recognition and inclusion in the urban development discourse : Lessons from Accra, Ghana / Mark Kakraba-Ampeh and Prince Aboagye Anokye

Innovating participation to expand water and sanitation access under a special planning area in Mukuru informal settlements, Nairobi / Smith Ouma, Patrick Njoroge, and Jane Weru

Staking a claim : A case study of women's ongoing campaign to ensure inclusive and safe housing in Delhi / Aakanksha Badkur and Jayshree Satpute

The right to the city and people's planning in the Philippines : Policies and prospects / Tanya Renee F. Rosales and Juan Carlo P. Tejano

Past resistance, present challenges : The law's contribution to the urban integration of Villa 31, Buenos Aires / Pablo Vitale

Here to stay : Using legal strategies to claim rights in informal settlements in South Africa / Lauren Royston, Thato Masiangoako, and Nerishka Singh

And our voice opened up the pathway : Four women's fight to provide water to their community in Mexico / Maria Silvia Emanuelli

Winning the battle, losing the war : Land displacement and the limits of legal empowerment in urban Pakistan / Muhammad Arsam, Soha Macktoom, Kanza Rizvi, and Nausheen H. Anwar

Building coalitions and cases : Towards climate and housing justice in Bangladesh's informal settlements / Sara Hossain, Efadul Huq, and Priya Ahsan Chowdhury.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-003-53880-0

9781003538806

OCLC:

1473697450

Publisher Number:

CIPO000199055