Slum Dwellers International

Slum/Shack Dwellers International (SDI), is a global social movement of the urban poor that started in 1996. It forms a network of community-based organisations in more than 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.[1]

The SDI secretariat is located in Cape Town, South Africa. The current chairperson is Joseph Muturi. Most of SDI's members are poor urban households squatting on the edge of cities in order to access employment possibilities and SDI aims to ensure that the needs of its members are integrated and not marginalised by city administrations.[2]

SDI distributes community-generated data on cities and slums through the 'Know Your City' campaign, which is run in association with United Cities and Local Governments and Cities Alliance.[3]

  1. ^ Perur, Srinath (2014-06-12). "Jockin Arputham: from slum dweller to Nobel Peace Prize nominee". Guardian. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  2. ^ OECD (2012). Poverty Reduction and Pro-Poor Growth. Paris: OECD. doi:10.1787/9789264168350-en. ISBN 9789264168350.
  3. ^ "Know Your City". 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-03.