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
The Huairou Commission: Women Homes and Community is a women-led social movement of grassroots groups from poor urban, rural, and indigenous communities who collectively work together to improve living conditions
Peer learning was an essential tool for the Huairou Commission since the organization’s inception at the Fourth World Women’s Conference in Huairou, China. Peer learning took place in the grassroots
Women, girls, boys, men, and people of diverse gender identities have distinct vulnerabilities in each context that shape the way that they experience and recover from disaster impacts. Disasters exacerbate
The project demonstrated howa community-based approach empowered women in poor and low-income communities to take the lead in strengthening community disaster resilience. A process that continuously engaged local government and mapped
This case study demonstrates the effective application of a community-based approach in Viet Nam to sustainably strengthen disaster resilience at the commune level. Using a multi-stakeholder process, priority community needs were identified, integrated
The case study demonstrates how women’s groups in communities acutely vulnerable to disasters effectively led disaster risk assessment and priority setting to build a deeper understanding of disaster resilience and priorities among local
the publication presents three DRR case studies from Asia-Pacifc region (Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia) of community based resilience practices and positions them in the context of realizing the Agenda 2030
The 2019 Congress and World Summit and will mark the way towards the follow up of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the first review of the New Urban
The lack of land ownership and control over housing are destructive to the everyday lives of women in much of Africa. As widows and orphans, they face physical displacement and
