2000 Summer, Hanover and Saltzgitter, Germany.

As part of Expo 2000, the Grassroots Women’s Academy (GA) is organized over 4 intensive weeks by the German Mothers Centre. The GA are grounded in peer learning and are

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

1985 Nairobi, Kenya

Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood (GROOTS) is formed at the 3rd World conference on Women bringing vibrant grassroots organizations to ensure that grassroots women’s experiences and priorities are amplified globally.