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by COHRE (Melbourne office) — last modified 2008-09-02 01:15

In the Indian city of Indore, over half the 2 million residents live in slum conditions. With no security of tenure, slum dwellers fall prey to land speculation and forced evictions. This short film from the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions documents the resistance of urban poor slum dwellers in the city.

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Produced by Fionn Skiotis
Directed by Suze Houghton
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Produced 2005/12/10
Production Company Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
Distributor COHRE
Duration 8 minutes 10 seconds
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In the Indian city of Indore, over half the 2 million residents live in slum conditions. With no security of tenure, slum dwellers fall prey to land speculation and forced evictions - violations of their basic human rights.

Now a local organisation, Deenbandhu, is developing innovative ways to work with the urban poor to resist evictions and claim their rightful place in the city - ensuring slum communities are for the first time "on the map".

This film is dedicated to the memory of Rajeev John George (1970-2005), winner of COHRE's 2004 Housing Rights Defender Award.

Copyright 2007, COHRE. Cite/attribute Resource. cohre. (2008, September 01). On the Map. Retrieved December 04, 2008, from EngageMedia Web site: http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/cohre/videos/OnTheMap.mp4. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License