Publications

Our Publications

We bring women’s perspectives into every aspect of leadership, policy-making, and development.

Publications

The Local to Local Dialogue: A Tool for Strengthening Women’s Capacity to Negotiate and Partner with Local Authorities (Ecuador)

Year: 2009

English

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

Year: 2009

Spanish

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

Year: 2009

English

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

Year: 2010

English

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

Year: 2011

English

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

Year: 2010

English

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.


L2L Manual

Year: 2011

English

By Edited by Sarah Silliman

After three years in the making, Huairou Commission announces the release of the Local-to-Local Dialogue Resource Manual: A Guide for Grassroots Women-Led Engagement with Local Government and Decision Makers.


Transforming Development: Creating Synergies between Grassroots Women and Institutions of Governance

Year: 2012

English

By Best Practices Foundation and Huairou Commission

This publication is part of a series of tools, publications, and resource support that the Huairou Commission has developed to promote horizontal learning amongst grassroots women’s groups and to document and share their strategies and lessons with policymaking and development institutions.


Seeing Beyond the State: Grassroots Women’s Perspectives on Corruption and Anti-Corruption

Year: 2012

English

By Best Practices Foundation and Huairou Commission

In order to better understand corruption from the perspective of women at the grassroots level, the Huairou Commission undertook a study of 11 communities across eight countries in partnership with UNDP’s Global Thematic Programme on Anti-Corruption for Development Effectiveness (PACDE).


Rural Women’s Empowerment in the Sustainable Development Era: Priorities, Partnerships, and Policy for Transformational Change

Year: 2017

English

By Nicole Bohrer, Huairou Commission

This publication presents the outcomes of the 2015-2016 partnership between Huairou Commission and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), to support the mobilization of rural women around the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.