Mission

We envision a world transformed with balanced power relations and sustainable resilient communities where grassroots women leaders with their groups and communities are at the center of decision-making, and where people lead lives free from poverty, inequality, violence, insecurity and all forms of injustice.

Huairou Commission is a women-led social movement of grassroots groups from poor urban, rural and indigenous communities in 45+ countries who collectively work for transformative change that improves the living conditions, status, and quality of life of women, their families and municipalities.

Partnerships with facilitating NGOs, research, development agencies, local authorities and other actors committed to accelerating grassroots women’s empowerment and inclusive, just and resilient communities are central to our work.

A Theory of Change, Strategic Plan and Shared Tools and Methods ground our collective aims.

Guided by Huairou Commission’s Theory of Change for building women’s leadership, community resilience and a local-to-global movement, we seek to: