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We bring women’s perspectives into every aspect of leadership, policy-making, and development.
We bring women’s perspectives into every aspect of leadership, policy-making, and development.
By Huairou Commission
Through our activism and advocacy, the Huairou Commission has publicized women’s priorities and existing good practices. Reaction to the Draft New Urban Agenda in advance of Habitat III PrepCom3.
By Irene S. Leung; produced by Huairou Commission and Cities Alliance
Following a long process of negotiations, regional and thematic meetings, and issue papers produced by policy units, the Zero Draft (ZD) of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) was released on May 6, 2016. Intended to be a commentary on the ZD, the objective of the present paper is threefold. Firstly, it assesses the text of […]
By Huairou Commission
As grassroots women organizations and women’s networks working on inclusive, gender just and sustainable urbanization and human settlements, we welcome the Zero Draft of the New Urban Agenda, note milestones, and call for certain strengthening.
By Huairou Commission
The Huairou Commission has brought together hundreds of women leaders and men allies from various social sectors (grassroots, academia, civil society organizations, local government, private sector) for the purpose of Engendering the New Urban Agenda (NUA). The Habitat Agenda remains a key political platform for promoting the policies and programs that affect the daily lives […]
By Huairou Commission
The Huairou Commission (HC): Women, Homes and Community network has functioned as the lead organizer and strategic convener of grassroots women’s organizations and other women’s groups and constituencies working to make the New Urban Agenda (NUA) an engendered policy and partnership framework placing women’s participation at the center of producing inclusive, equitable and prosperous cities […]
By Caroline O. N. Moser
The 2016 Habitat III conference in Quito provides a challenging opportunity to address widespread, persistent urban gender inequalities through the elaboration of a New Urban Agenda (NUA). Independent paper with examples from the Huairou Commission network.
By Huairou Commission
Esta publicación presenta un mecanismo financiero para apoyar a grupos de mujeres de base para implementar y ampliar las prácticas de desarrollo impulsadas por la comunidad.
By Huairou Commission
This publication presents the operational Guidelines of the Community Resilience Fund (CRF), a financial mechanism for supporting grassroots women’s groups implement and scale up community driven development practices.
By The World Bank Group
“Community-Led Partnerships for Resilience” is a 2015 publication co-presented by the World Bank Group, and Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) in partnership with the Community Practitioners Platform (CPP) co-led by Huairou Commission (HC) and Groots International (GI). It highlights the role of community-based organizations (CBOs) in advancing resilience and sustainable development in […]
By Ana Liz Flores, Manuela Pinilla, and Irene Leung
“Community Resilience at Scale: Grassroots Women Demonstrating Successful Practices” shares successful grassroots strategies for building community resilience to disasters and climate change. It showcases women leading sustainable development in their communities, and features scaling up strategies in order to influence global agendas such as the Hyogo Framework for Action 2 and Post 2015 Development Agenda.
