The Impact of a Global Grassroots Women’s Movement: The 4th World Women’s Conference in Huairou, China, until Today

By Pam Ransom & Cathy Holt

Peer learning was an essential tool for the Huairou Commission since the organization’s inception at the Fourth World Women’s Conference in Huairou, China. Peer learning took place in the grassroots women’s tent. The practice involves fundamental principles of transforming power as participants exchange knowledge, methods, strategies, and experiences with other grassroots women. Peer learning involves […]

Building a Grassroots Global Movement: 25 years later

By Pam Ransom & Cathy Holt

The Huairou Commission: Women Homes and Community is a women-led social movement of grassroots groups from poor urban, rural, and indigenous communities who collectively work together to improve living conditions and status.

Monitoring and Evaluation: A How-to Handbook for Grassroots Women’s Organizations

By Renee Kantelberg and Jo Kempon, on behalf of the Huairou Commission

The objectives of this handbook are to: provide an overview of some of the basic concepts and central issues in M&E; introduce an overall framework that will help grassroots women implement an M&E system appropriate to their context; and introduce a number of concepts and tools to help grassroots women engage in a practical approach […]