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The problem of homelessness across Indian cities is acute and only getting worse. In the capital city of New Delhi alone, at any given point, civil society estimates place the number of homeless at around 100,000, of which 10,000 are women. Despite this alarming situation, the city government evicted homeless women from the Palika Hostel night shelter in 2004, and in June 2007, closed the only existing women’s shelter in the city. Currently, there is no shelter for homeless women in Delhi.
HLRN has been involved in the creation of and continues to play an active role in the functioning of a newly created forum working on homelessness in Delhi – Shahri Adhikar Manch: Begharon Ke Liye (Urban Rights Forum: For the Homeless). The Forum consists of the homeless and their networks and works on issues related to their rights to health, employment, housing, and in establishing the legal identity of the homeless – who continue to be disenfranchised and criminalized by the State.
Vision Statement of Shahri Adhikar Manch
Press Release, 13 January 2010: Delhi High Court's Interim Order Reproaches MCD on Night Shelters for Homeless
Press Release, 9 January 2010: Shahri Adhikar Manch Outraged over Eviction of Homeless in Delhi
200 Families Left Out in the Cold (Hindustan Times, 10 January 2010)
MCD drives away 400 homeless people: Women, children beaten up (Tribune, 10 January 2010):
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100110/delhi.htm
Press Release, 7 January 2010: Shahri Adhikar Manch Commends High Court Order on Delhi Night Shelter
After HC rap, MCD races to put up night shelter, (Times of India, 8 January 2010)
Delhi High Court Slams MCD for Demolishing Night Shelter (Khaleej Times, 8 January 2010)
Press Release, 4 January 2010: Experts Condemn on Homelessness in Delhi
Cold Worsening Plight of the Homeless (The Hindu, 5 January 2010)
NGOs threaten to take government to court on homeless issue (Tribune, 5 January 2010)
Press Release,23 Dec, 2009: Coalition of the Homeless Condemns Demolition of Homeless Shelter in Delhi
Out in the Cold on Xmas Eve (Times of India, 25 December 2009):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Out-in-the-cold-on-X-mas-eve/articleshow/5375962.cms
Lone Women's Shelter has Few Takers (Times of India, 26 December 2009):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Lone-womens-shelter-has-few-takers/articleshow/5379429.cms
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