News – Huairou Commission

News, Resilience April 16, 2025

Grassroots Women’s Community Empowerment Toolkit

Huairou’s new toolkit, co-created by mentors and mentees of the 2021 Leadership Development Program, captures six time-tested tools used by grassroots women leaders. Rooted in peer learning and collaboration, the

News April 16, 2025

Huairou Commission Advocates for Gender-Inclusive Urban Development at UN-Habitat Executive Board Meeting

From March 25-27, 2025, the Huairou Commission, an ECOSOC accredited civil society organization, participated as an observer in the 1st Session of the 2025 UN-Habitat Executive Board Meeting. One of

News December 20, 2023

Join Our Team! The Huairou Commission is hiring

The Huairou Commission is seeking a Program Associate-Learning, Knowledge Management and Communications to work closely with a small global team to consolidate evidence, analyze lessons and amplify impacts of grassroots

News September 28, 2023

Huairou at the APP-DRR Forum 2023

Huairou Commission participated in the Asia Pacific Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction (APP-DRR) Forum on September 20, 2023. This virtual event was attended by representatives of various Governments, UN Agencies,

News September 1, 2023

Vacancy: Consultant for Food Systems Stocktaking Exercise

The Huairou Commission has a Consultancy position open for stocktaking members’ knowledge and contributions to food systems as part of the Project titled “Fair for All: Improving Value Chains at

News August 15, 2023

Global Grassroots Women Caregivers Summit

Global Grassroots Women Caregivers Summit: Leading Caring Development & Community Resilience in Our Settlements and Municipalities to Build Mutual Self Help and Collective Action Platforms that Catalyze Gender & Social-Economically

News, Resilience May 29, 2023

Grassroots Women’s Community Empowerment Toolkit Published!

In 2021 Huairou launched a new global Leadership Development Program in response to members’ demands to systematically invest in strengthening grassroots women’s leadership – the foundation on which Huairou’s movement

News May 3, 2023

We are Hiring! Huairou is Seeking a Website Developer

The Huairou Commission is seeking a Web Developer to work with our small global team to update our website. Estimated Time-Frame: 3 months For more details, click here: https://huairou.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/HC-Website-Updation-Call-for-Proposal-April-2023-Final.pdf Application

News March 23, 2023

Huairou at the EGM on SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities)

The Huairou Commission, represented by Frances Birungi-Odong from UCOBAC, Uganda, participated in the Expert Group Meeting to take stock of the progress on SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities) in Bilbao, Spain

News March 7, 2023

Huairou’s statement at the Stakeholder Consultations on the Preparatory Process for the Summit of the Future 2023

Pauline Kariuki, Director of Rural Women Network, Kenya represented Huairou’s grassroots women’s constituency in the Stakeholder Consultations on the Preparatory Process for the Summit of the Future held on February 15th, 2023. The high-level ‘Summit