Kate Lines

@thekatelines

Environment & social justice. Also bikes, books and baking. Formerly / London. Now independent or sometimes for / nomadic.

Copenhagen, Denmark
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Joined November 2011
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    28 Mar 2020

    Residents in Pipeline tenement blocks watch police clear street in Nairobi to encourage social distancing. Residents need to be better informed about how to reduce their risk ⁦@DFID_RED_GCSD⁩ ⁦⁩

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    18 Feb 2020

    change over 35 years - read my new book Land, Investment and Migration. Oxford University Press.

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    27 Mar 2020

    'We fear, but have to work': isolation not an option for the poor of Nairobi. More examples of the challenges of survival, now and tomorrow.

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    25 Mar 2020

    update: Muungano Alliance activities. We are committed to ensuring that all residents of informal settlements in receive the best most appropriate support to deal with the pandemic.

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    21 Mar 2020

    Are there inclusive financing options available to those seeking adequate housing in low-income urban developments and how do they work? Read the new working paper from , Katherine Lines and ➡️

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  6. 26 Feb 2020

    So great to see my data viz in print illustrating 's wise words/new book

    change over 35 years - read my new book Land, Investment and Migration. Oxford University Press.
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    13 Aug 2018

    Almost 1 million slum dwellers in Nairobi risk eviction. There are other, better ways of doing urban development. Read more at (free to access until 16 Aug)

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    13 Aug 2018

    There are alternatives to the massive evictions in Nairobi. To read about the history of these community-tested alternatives, read by and Jack Makau free to access until 16 Aug

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    9 Aug 2018

    EandU: Learning about & understanding the work of the Kenyan federation of slum dwellers (Muungano wa Wanavijiji) through its 20 year history - Kate Lines and Jack Makau

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    9 Aug 2018

    NOW OPEN ACCESS for 1wk: Story of in Nairobi & 20 yrs of resistance. History of Muungano and their contested engagement with the state to secure alternatives to evictions. now supporting alternatives in

    EandU: Learning about & understanding the work of the Kenyan federation of slum dwellers (Muungano wa Wanavijiji) through its 20 year history - Kate Lines and Jack Makau
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    7 Aug 2018

    WARAH - FAULTY TOWERS: Why Uhuru's housing plan is dead on arrival | The E Review

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  12. 11 Apr 2018

    Good news at last: the world isn’t as horrific as you think | Hans Rosling

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    29 Jan 2018

    If Shakespeare had been a scientist... 🖊

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    20 Feb 2017

    See my story: "A new paradigm in understanding slums & urbanization of growing cities in Kenya"

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    21 Feb 2017

    In urban poor pay 172% more for basic services such as water & housing compared to those in formal estates.

    A standard media report on the recent study report on Mukuru.
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    11 Jan 2017

    The only press events I've experienced remotely like this in content or style were the Gadhafi family's press engagements in the early 2000s

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    11 Jan 2017

    World's largest peatland with vast carbon-storage capacity found in Congo

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  18. 10 Jan 2017

    I've been fortunate to spend most of 2016 with documenting their history. Here's part of our work—more to come in Feb, w/ films!

    Amazing 20 year history of Kenyan grassroots movement Muungano wa Wanavijiji and work with civil society & the state
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    9 Jan 2017

    A very important document about an SDI affiliate and about the struggles of the urban poor

    Muungano nguvu yetu (unity is strength): 20 yrs of the Kenyan federation of slum dwellers New publication!
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    7 Dec 2016

    Jane Weru of : Savings groups create political capital so that the urban poor can engage the state & banks.

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