El movimiento social constituido por los barrios del Noroccidente de Quito.- organización, estructuras, objetivos y repertorios

Abstract

This document presents a brief history of social movements that emerged in the northwest of Quito. This social movement came from the poor neighborhoods who claimed their right to decent and adequate as required by Article 30 of the Constitution of Ecuador. This paper makes an analysis of the objectives, the space used and the codes that are in place to meet its objectives. It also analyzes how the neighborhoods of northwest got organized in what is known as the Federation of West Neighborhoods (Federación de Barrios del Noroccidente) as the main focus to promote the enforcement of rights to housing and basic services have to allow housing to be an appropriate and dignified place for the development of private life and family relationships. This study can also visualize the importance of social protest as a mechanism for the recognition of rights through coordination of social movements to generate proposals involving a major change in the life of neighborhoods, allowing them to be integrated into policy they guarantee their right to the city and especially guaranteeing them the exercise of full citizenship as stated in Article 31 of the Constitution, and that its substance is closely related to the right to housing.