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Learning from COVID-19 to strengthen gender-responsive Disaster Risk Reduction
By UN DRR & Huairou Commission
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 many of the prevailing gender inequalities that exist in societies, which can be seen in the disproportionate impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on […]
The Impact of a Global Grassroots Women’s Movement: The 4th World Women’s Conference in Huairou, China, until Today
By Pam Ransom & Cathy Holt
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’s tent. The practice involves fundamental principles of transforming power as participants exchange knowledge, methods, strategies, and experiences with other grassroots women. Peer learning involves […]
Building a Grassroots Global Movement: 25 years later
By Pam Ransom & Cathy Holt
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 and status.
Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment
By Huairou Commission; UCLG
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 Agenda in 2020
SEEDS Pamphlet No. 22 Women’s Participation in Disaster Relief and Recovery
By GROOTS International
Seeds pamphlets are designed to meet global requests for information about the innovative and practical program ideas advanced to address the roles and needs of low-income women. This edition focuses on practical examples of how low-income women can participate in post disaster relief and recovery.
Empowering women to link community resilience priorities to decentralized development
By Huairou Commission for Asia Development Bank
This is an impact report on the Asian Development Bank supported program titled ‘CLOSING THE GAP: Empowering women to link community resilience priorities to decentralized development’. It looks at the work done by Yakkum Emergency Unit, Indonesia and DAMPA, Philippines as part of the program.
Accelerating Sustainable Development: Investing in Community-Led Strategies for Climate and Disaster Resilience
By Huairou Commission for Asia Development Bank
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 commitments. It four recommendations emerged from community-led strategies for resilience and point to specific ways in which governments and their partners can collaborate with communities to accelerate climate […]
Lessons from Community-Led Actions for Strengthening Disaster Resilience: A Case from the Philippines
By Huairou Commission, DAMPA, Asian Development Bank
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 communities and with the local government. The project is one of a number of similar pilot programs recently funded in Southeast Asia by the Asian Development Bank’s […]
Lessons from Community-Led Actions to Strengthen Disaster Resilience: A Case from Can Tho City, Viet Nam
By Huairou Commission, Life Centre, Asian Development Bank
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 into local government and line agency development plans, then implemented and monitored. The project is one of a number of similar pilots recently funded in Southeast Asia […]
Lessons from Community-Led Actions for Strengthening Disaster Resilience in Indonesia: A Case from Yogyakarta, Indonesia
By Huairou Commission, YAKKUM, Asiand Development Bank
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 out disaster risks affecting infrastructure, rural livelihoods, and natural resources were prioritized and integrated into formal village planning. Substantial progress was achieved in securing resources and […]
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