Executive Summary

Mission
Forging strategic partnerships to advance the capacity of grassroots women worldwide to strengthen and create sustainable communities.

Strategies
Since its inception, the Huairou Commission has used two organizing strategies:
1. coalition-building and networking across networks and
2. forging strategic partnerships for education, advocacy, policy dialogue and program alliances.

Campaigns
At this time, Huairou is using its strategies to propel four campaigns.

Women & AIDS in Africa >
Women & Disaster >
Women & Governance >
Women, Land & Housing >
Women & Peace Building >

Methods
The campaigns will use the empowerment and capacity building methods developed by Huairou member groups over two decades. Among other methods, they include peer-learning exchanges, leadership support, grassroots women’s international academies on different themes, documentation of grassroots practices, and local to local governance dialogues.