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2018 February, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
At the 9th World Urban Forum, HC successfully advocates for formalizing the Grassroots Assembly within the conference structure. The inaugural Global Grassroots Women’s Congress convenes bringing together HC members to
2015-2016 Globally and Quito, Ecuador
HC plays an active role in the Habitat III process, while its members are invited to serve as experts in 8 out of the 10 Habitat III Policy Units that
2015 March, Sendai, Japan
HC community practitioners actively participate in the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. HC ’s members efforts in sustained participation and engagements in the 2-year design and negotiation of
2011 Nairobi, Kenya.
At the 23rd UN-Habitat Governing Council, Norway government and HC members from Zambia, Tanzania, and Ghana successfully lobby their governments for the adoption of Resolution 23/1 on Gender Equality and
2010 New York, NY, USA
As an active member of GEAR, a working group of influential feminist and social justice groups, HC works to ensure UNIFEM transitions to UN-Women. HC is instrumental in ensuring grassroots
2008 – 2011
HC leads formation of the Community Practitioners Platform for Resilience (CPPR), a global mechanism for organized communities living and working in disaster-prone urban and rural areas to play an active
2008 Entebbe, Uganda
The First Land Link Africa Grassroots Women’s Land Academy (WLLA) is hosted by the Uganda Community-Based Association for Children’s Welfare (UCOBAC). Envisioned in 2003 WLLA originates from work with the Global2005 Abuja, Nigeria
The Home Based Care Alliance (HBCA) is launched at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs. Grassroots women caregivers build on their collective experience and leadership to gain official recognition