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The organizations working on migrations will meet on 4 and 5 May in Barcelona to participate in the International Preparatory Committee to the II World Social Migrations Forum to take place from 22 to 24 June 2006 in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain.
From 16 to 20 March, the Observatory on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Observatori DESC) based in Barcelona organized one of a series of regional consultations on women and adequate housing for the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing. The regional consultation, covering Mediterranean countries (two-day training and a two-day regional civil society consultation), gathered testimonies of grassroots women, with an estimated 20-25 participants from the region (Algeria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey).
