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Featured Publications
Land and Housing in Latin America: Stories that Inspire
By Kim-Jenna Jurriaans
Two stories of the Land & Housing Campaign in Latin America: “The Bright Light of Luna Creciente,” an Interview with Ecuadorian Grassroots Leader Elva Ulcuango; and “An Unusual Community,” and interview with Maria Auxiliadora co-founder Rose Mary Irusta Perez.
Global Summit Outcome Document
By Huairou Commission
Outcome Statement from the Grassroots Summit on Women’s Leadership and Governance, March 3-5, 2011.
MDG Results and Recommendations Booklet
By Sarah Silliman
The Huairou Commission calls for sustained investments in women’s organizations to accelerate progress and realization of the MDGs by 2015.
Grassroots Women and Decentralised Governance: Change through Partnership
By Edited by Sangeetha Purushothaman, Sarah Silliman, Soumita Basu, Sanjeev Pillay on behalf of the Huairou Commission
The grassroots initiatives from five different countries provide insights into the participation of local communities in decentralized decision making and local governance.
Huairou Commission Midterm Review of MDG3 Accountability Initiative
By Renee Kantelberg and Josephine Tsui
This report highlights the findings of the external Midterm Review of The Huairou Commission’s MDG3 Accountability Initiative (MDG3AI), funded through a grant from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Initiative supports the members involved to use a bottom up approach that engages locally active grassroots groups in initiating and sustaining projects.
Our Spaces: Grassroots Women Formalize their Leadership & Access to Essential Services
By Ayse Yonder; Marnie Tamaki
Claiming physical space is important to the development and longevity of grassroots community action. Our Spaces highlights 13 Huairou Commission member groups from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. These case studies reflect the vision, courage, persistence, and relentless energy of the grassroots leaders and their communities to make it possible to claim and sustain […]
Integrated Sustainable Development & Women’s Empowerment in Bihar, India
By Jeffrey Kaloustian
Report of Huairou Commission field researcher’s consultations with members of five women’s community-based savings and credit cooperatives in Bihar, India (20-24 August 2010).
WLLA—Grassroots Women’s Land Academy Report 2009 (2nd Annual)
By Huairou Commission
The second annual Women’s Land Link Africa (WLLA) Land Academy took place from 22-26 March 2009 in Accra, Ghana.
Report on the MDG3 Challenge Grants 2009
By Klara Ibarra and Sarah Silliman
The Huairou Commission MDG 3 Accountability Initiative: Centre-Staging Grassroots Women in Realizing the MDGs.
Herramientas para la Promocion de Ciudades Seguras Desde la Perspectiva de Genero
By Centro de Intercambio y Servicios Para el Cono Sur (CISCSA)
La Gui´a sistematiza las reflexiones y aprendizajes que tuvieron lugar en el marco del Programa Regional Ciudades sin Violencia para las Mujeres – Ciudades Seguras para Todos, implementado el an~o 2004.
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