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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 Jacqueline Leavitt PhD With the assistance of Blerta Cela, Ava Bromberg, Deirdre Pfeiffer and Nicole Ganzekaufe
The lack of land ownership and control over housing are destructive to the everyday lives of women in much of Africa. As widows and orphans, they face physical displacement and mental stress, literally uprooted from their communities and social networks. This blow is worsened by the atrocities of genocide and pandemic HIV-AIDS that ravages entire […]
By Jacqueline Leavitt PhD, on behalf of Huairou Commission
The lack of land ownership and control over housing are destructive to the everyday lives of women in much of Africa. Women’s groups are responding in innovative ways to change their lives; this report focuses on grassroots women’s strategies to attain and manage land, housing and property.
By By Lumanti Support Group for Shelter
Lumanti Support Group for Shelter is a non-governmental organization dedicated towards alleviation of urban poverty in Nepal through the improvement of shelter conditions in slum and squatter settlements.
By Ayse Yonder with Sengul Akcar and Prema Gopalan Population Council (Huairou Commission Member)
Seeds pamphlets are designed to meet global requests for information about the innovative and practical program ideas advanced to address the roles and needs of low-income women. This edition focuses on practical examples of how low-income women can participate in post disaster relief and recovery.
By Huairou Commission
La Iniciativa global sobre la Tenencia Segura para las Mujeres de la Comisión Huairou es una plataforma para avanzar a un enfoque alternativo sobre la seguridad en la tenencia de la tierra para las mujeres que se funde en las experiencias de los grupos de mujeres de base.
By United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
Mounting pressure and competition mean that improving land governance – the rules, processes and organizations through which decisions are made about land – is more urgent than ever. This book shows how the Global Land Tool Network is addressing these problems and more by setting an international agenda on land.
By Huairou Commission
This action research by the Huairou Commission was created to draw attention to the fact that grassroots women are key stakeholders in disaster risk reduction and the demand for greater accountability from local and national governments, but are often overlooked and excluded.
By Grassroots Women’s Empowerment Center (GWEC) and the Caloocan City Government September
This paper focuses on how the grassroots and professional women came together as pioneers in advancing women’s rights and well-being in the City of Caloocan and how they challenged the local government to make the gender and development budget work for women.
By Damayan ng Maralitang Pilipinong Api (DAMPA)
Paper presented at the Grassroots Women’s International Academy (GWIA), 7-11 September 2004, Barcelona, Spain.
By Suranjana Gupta
Local to Local Dialogue sets out to understand how women in different parts of the world are grappling with the practical ways to claim their citizenship.
