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Publications

Our Publications

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

Featured Publications

Report on the MDG3 Challenge Grants 2009

Year: 2009

English

By Klara Ibarra and Sarah Silliman

The Huairou Commission MDG 3 Accountability Initiative: Centre-Staging Grassroots Women in Realizing the MDGs.


Herramientas para la Promocion de Ciudades Seguras Desde la Perspectiva de Genero

Year: 2009

Spanish

By Centro de Intercambio y Servicios Para el Cono Sur (CISCSA)

La Gui´a sistematiza las reflexiones y aprendizajes que tuvieron lugar en el marco del Programa Regional Ciudades sin Violencia para las Mujeres – Ciudades Seguras para Todos, implementado el an~o 2004.


The Local to Local Dialogue: A Tool for Strengthening Women’s Capacity to Negotiate and Partner with Local Authorities (Ecuador)

Year: 2009

English

By Sarah Silliman

As part of a one year pilot initiative, the Huairou Commission coordinated and facilitated a Local to Local Dialogue Training in Quito, Ecuador for women leaders in Latin America to learn and exchange good practices, build their knowledge and develop advocacy strategies to dialogue with local government and make change in their local communities.


The Local to Local Dialogue: A Tool for Strengthening Women’s Capacity to Negotiate and Partner with Local Authorities (Ghana)

Year: 2009

English

By Sarah Silliman

From March 17th to 20th, over forty women leaders, representing grassroots women’s self-help groups, and women-focused CBOs and NGOs from twelve countries across West, East and Southern Africa met for the Community Facilitators Training on the Local to Local Dialogue.


Guia Metodologica de Manual “Herramientas para la Promocion de Ciudades Seguras desde la Perspectiva de Genero”

Year: 2009

Spanish

By Fundacion Guatemala

Este trabajo se enmarca dentro de la ejecución de la Primera Fase del Programa Ciudades Seguras en la República de Guatemala, la cual se ejecutó en la segunda mitad del año 2008.


Integrated Sustainable Development & Women’s Empowerment in Bihar, India

Year: 2009

English

By Jeffrey Kaloustian

Report of Huairou Commission field researcher’s consultations with members of five women’s community-based savings and credit cooperatives in Bihar, India (20-24 August 2010).


WLLA—Grassroots Women’s Land Academy Report 2009 (2nd Annual)

Year: 2009

English

By Huairou Commission

The second annual Women’s Land Link Africa (WLLA) Land Academy took place from 22-26 March 2009 in Accra, Ghana.


Grassroots Women’s Leadership and ‘Deepening Democracy’: the Huairou Commission’s Local to Local Dialogue Replication

Year: 2008

English

By Dahlia Goldenberg

This article in Gender & Development Oxfam Journal examines how grassroots women’s organisations in Uganda, Kenya, and Russia have successfully adapted the Local to Local Dialogue method to their local contexts, empowering and recognising poor women as community leaders.


From Beneficiaries to Stakeholders: Grassroots Women’s Groups Drive the Demand for Good Governance Through Pro-poor Development

Year: 2008

English

By Prema Gopalan, Suranjana Gupta, Shannon Hayes, and Birte Sholtz

The paper frames the issue of governance from the perspective of grassroots women‘s groups addressing settlement development.


Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC) Matrix Brochure

Year: 2008

English

By Developed in partnership with UN-Habitat, Global Land Tool Network, Huairou Commission, International Federation of Surveyors-FIG and University of East London

The gender evaluation criteria framework explores how to judge whether a large-scale land tool is sufficiently gender-responsive, to identify where more work needs to be done, and possible entry-points to make a tool equally beneficial to women and men.