

1998 Istanbul, Turkey
Hosted by KEDV, HC meets to prepare a 3-year strategic plan, “A New Way of Partnering”, which reflects HC’s move from networking and lobbying to refining its own strategies for implementing
1996 June, Istanbul, Turkey
At Habitat II, the UN Conference on Human Settlements, HC hosts 50 civil society workshops, a daily women’s caucus, a women’s tent and secures 136 references on women and gender
1995 September, Huairou village, near Beijing, China
At the Grassroots Tent, multi-country leadership teams present their practices and strategize to ensure issues of housing, sanitation, safe, and successful communities are included in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
1989-1994 Jamaica, Ghana, Costa Rica, India
GROOTS convenes global meetings for developing its strategic vision. Funded by UNIFEM, these consultations are key to strengthening grassroots women’s participation in the up-coming, pivotal Fourth World Conference on Women