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Guia Metodologica de Manual “Herramientas para la Promocion de Ciudades Seguras desde la Perspectiva de Genero”
By Fundacion Guatemala
Este trabajo se enmarca dentro de la ejecución de la Primera Fase del Programa Ciudades Seguras en la República de Guatemala, la cual se ejecutó en la segunda mitad del año 2008.
From Beneficiaries to Stakeholders: Grassroots Women’s Groups Drive the Demand for Good Governance Through Pro-poor Development
By Prema Gopalan, Suranjana Gupta, Shannon Hayes, and Birte Sholtz
The paper frames the issue of governance from the perspective of grassroots women‘s groups addressing settlement development.
Grassroots Women’s Leadership and ‘Deepening Democracy’: the Huairou Commission’s Local to Local Dialogue Replication
By Dahlia Goldenberg
This article in Gender & Development Oxfam Journal examines how grassroots women’s organisations in Uganda, Kenya, and Russia have successfully adapted the Local to Local Dialogue method to their local contexts, empowering and recognising poor women as community leaders.
The Local to Local Dialogue: A Tool for Strengthening Women’s Capacity to Negotiate and Partner with Local Authorities (Ghana)
By Sarah Silliman
From March 17th to 20th, over forty women leaders, representing grassroots women’s self-help groups, and women-focused CBOs and NGOs from twelve countries across West, East and Southern Africa met for the Community Facilitators Training on the Local to Local Dialogue.
The Local to Local Dialogue: A Tool for Strengthening Women’s Capacity to Negotiate and Partner with Local Authorities (Ecuador)
By Sarah Silliman
As part of a one year pilot initiative, the Huairou Commission coordinated and facilitated a Local to Local Dialogue Training in Quito, Ecuador for women leaders in Latin America to learn and exchange good practices, build their knowledge and develop advocacy strategies to dialogue with local government and make change in their local communities.
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.
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.
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.
Final Report: Global Summit on Grassroots Women’s Leadership and Governance
By Carolina Pinhiero, edited by Sarah Silliman
The Summit, co-sponsored by UNDP and the Dutch Foreign Ministry MDG 3 FUND, marked the accumulation of a decade of work empowering women in low-income communities worldwide to improve their living conditions, transform their communities, and exchange their experiences with women across various regions of the world.
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.
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