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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 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 Rachael Wyant & Katarina Spasic
This article builds on case studies and lessons learned from 18 months of the Huariou Commission’s Transparency & Accountability Initiative, with specific reference to initiatives in Metro Manila, Philippines, Thankot, Nepal and Jinja, Uganda. Here, organised groups of grassroots women have established innovative, community-driven mechanims to participate in and monitor decision-making and service delivery in […]
By Best Practices Foundation and Huairou Commission
In order to better understand corruption from the perspective of women at the grassroots level, the Huairou Commission undertook a study of 11 communities across eight countries in partnership with UNDP’s Global Thematic Programme on Anti-Corruption for Development Effectiveness (PACDE).
By Edited by Sarah Silliman
After three years in the making, Huairou Commission announces the release of the Local-to-Local Dialogue Resource Manual: A Guide for Grassroots Women-Led Engagement with Local Government and Decision Makers.
By Suranjana Gupta
Learn about community-led action by the Community Practitioners Platform and how it has focused on gaining the endorsement of community led action from institutional actors operating at local, national, regional and global levels; and how Groots International and Huairou Commission resource grassroots women for key roles in building resilience.
By Edited by Sangeetha Purushothaman, Sarah Silliman, Soumita Basu, Sanjeev Pillay on behalf of the Huairou Commission
The grassroots initiatives from five different countries provide insights into the participation of local communities in decentralized decision making and local governance.
By Huairou Commission
Women’s Land Link Africa (WLLA) Report: Grassroots Women Focus on Peer Learning, Exchange of Grassroots Tools, and Action Plans for the Future
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.
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.
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.
