Publications

Our Publications

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

Featured Publications

Gender Budgeting: A Key to Making Cities More Accountable to Women; An Example from Caloocan City, Philippines

Year: 2004

English

By Grassroots Women’s Empowerment Center (GWEC) and the Caloocan City Government September

This paper focuses on how the grassroots and professional women came together as pioneers in advancing women’s rights and well-being in the City of Caloocan and how they challenged the local government to make the gender and development budget work for women.


From Dialogue to Engagement, from Programs to Policies: Grassroots Initiatives on Women, Children, and Development in Poor Communities in the Philippines: The DAMPA Experience

Year: 2004

English

By Damayan ng Maralitang Pilipinong Api (DAMPA)

Paper presented at the Grassroots Women’s International Academy (GWIA), 7-11 September 2004, Barcelona, Spain.


Local to Local Dialogue: A Grassroots Women’s Perspective on Good Governance

Year: 2004

English

By Suranjana Gupta

Local to Local Dialogue sets out to understand how women in different parts of the world are grappling with the practical ways to claim their citizenship.


Capacity Development of Grassroots Networks to Become Effective Partners in Local Governance for Poverty Eradication: Lessons from Below

Year: 2002

English

By Sangeetha Purushothaman

For grassroots networks to become effective partners to local government, capacity development is needed for civil society, local government and other financial institutions that support grassroots initiatives. 


Advancing Governance Through Peer Learning and Networking: Lessons Learned from Grassroots Women

Year: 2002

English

By Monika Jaeckel

Grassroots women’s groups worldwide are redefining governance and development in their communities. Center staging grassroots women’s practices, supporting their leadership and mainstreaming their perspectives are key to sustainable development.


The Safe Roof Retrofit Booklet

Year: 1989

English

By The Construction Resource & Development Centre

This booklet was created to assist builders and homeowners build and strengthen roofs to survive hurricane damage. The booklet describes and illustrates techniques that will help create roof that are able to withstand hurricanes in the future.


Understanding Community Resilience

English

By GROOTS International

Working with grassroots women in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia, GROOTS International facilitated conversations that enabled women to reflect on their development and disaster experiences, in order to help women create a common understanding of resilience.


Community Assessment Tools

English

By Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), India

After disasters, the communities who are affected are rarely involved in assessing the damages and loss that has affected them. One of the greatest community tools could be the women from poor communities, as they would be able to collect information that feeds into damage assessments. If these women were involved in these processes, then […]


Manual on Community Action in Housing Reconstruction after Disaster (English)

English

By Garifuna-Comite, Honduras

The Garífuna Emergency Committee of Honduras with the support of GROOTS International and AJWS Present created a manual that focuses on the forming of construction committees, safe sites, the beneficiaries of transparent processes, community participation in house design, housing support, principles and the empowerment of women.


Manual on Disaster Preparedness for Children

English

By Sanghamitra Service Society (SSS), Andra Pradesh, India

Children enjoy learning the practical drills of First Aid and Emergency Rescue, skills that will not only help their villages in a disaster, but will enable these children to cope with disasters better. Sanghamitra Service Society created this manual to be a teaching resource.