Geneva, March 6 -- At the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Neha, a social activist representing Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan, during the interactive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, in her oral statement called on governments and international bodies to take urgent and inclusive steps to address the worsening global housing crisis.

She stressed that access to safe housing must be treated as a fundamental human right rather than merely a policy objective.

In her statement, Neha welcomed the Special Rapporteur's report and highlighted the scale of the challenge worldwide. She pointed out that over 1.6 billion people across the globe continue to live in inadequate or ins...