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Peer Exchanges: A How-to Handbook for Grassroots Women's Organizations
by the Huairou Commission and Women's Land Link Africa Initiative. 2007.

The Case of The Huairou Commission:
Local Organizing and Global Networking Campaigns
Written by Jacqueline Leavitt, Ph.D. and Ayse Yonder, Ph.D. and published in Betania Alfonsin & Edesio Fernandes (eds). Memorias del IX Seminario Internacional: "Derecho y Espacio Urbano". IRGLUS-PGU, Cuaderno de Trabajo 101, Quito, ECUADOR. 2003

Inviting Partners to Partner: Creating a Partnership Learning Model and Code of Conduct
Written by Jacqueline Leavitt, Ph.D, and published by the Huairou Commission 2002. Funded by UNDP-CSO.

LOCAL TO LOCAL DIALOGUE: A Grassroots Women's Perspective on Good Governance
Written by Suranjana Gupta and published by the Huairou Commission in 2004. Funded by UN-HABITAT. The toolkit was launched the World Urban Forum in Barcelona 2004.

ADVANCING GOVERNANCE THROUGH PEER LEARNING AND NETWORKING: Lessons Learned from Grassroots Women
Written by Monika Jaeckel and published by the Huairou Commission, 2002. Funded by LIFE Global Program of IDG/BDP/UNDP.

Capacity Development of Grassroots Networks to Become Effective Partners in Local Governance for Poverty Eradication: Lessons from Below
Written by Sangeetha Purushothaman and published by Huairou Commission, Funded by LIFE Global Program of IDG/BDP/UNDP.

Women and Habitat - Latin America and the Caribbean Resource page (in Spanish)

I Know Politics Library

From Dialogue to Engagement, from Programs to Policies: Grassroots Initiatives on Women, Children, and Development in Poor Communities in the Philippines - The DAMPA* Experience

GENDER BUDGETING:  A KEY TO MAKING CITIES MORE ACCOUNTABLE TO WOMEN: An example from Caloocan City, Philippines

Participation of Women in City Policy: A presentation by the Information Center of the Independent Women's Forum, Russia

Categorizing Women’s Grassroots and NGO Strategies for Empowerment in Public Policy Making and Implementation:
Written by Pamela Ransom and Judy Kirchhoff and published by the Huairou Commission, 2002.

SEEDS Pamphlet No. 22: Women's Participation in Disaster Relief and Recovery
By Ayse Yonder, with Sengul Akcar and Prema Gopalan.

Gender Perspective: Working Together for Disaster Risk Reduction
This publication by UNISDR and GROOTS International aims to increase the knowledge and understanding of the vulnerabilities and risks associated with gender as it presents a collection of 15 practices that showcase the valuable contributions of women to the ongoing efforts for building resilience against disasters at the community level.

Grassroots Women’s Collectives Roles in Post-Disaster Effort: Potential for Sustainable Partnership and Good Governance
By Sengul Akçar, FSWW for Expert Group Meeting on “Environmental management and the minitigation of natural disasters: A gender perspective,” 6-9 November 2001. Support from UN Division for the Advancement of Women and International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)

Comité de Emergencia Garífuna de Honduras
Presentation by the Comite de Emergencia Garifuna de Honduras and their response and recovery from Hurricane Mitch at the Grassroots Academy in Barcelona, 2004.

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Governance and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Africa: A Huairou Commission Policy Brief

Grassroots Experiences with Local AIDS Responses in Africa: A Powerpoint presentation by Esther Mwaura-Muiru at the World Bank Local Response Consultative meeting, May 2006

Shifting Aids Resource Mobilization and Funding in Sub-Saharan Africa
Speech by Esther Mwaura-Muiru to The 13th International Conference on AIDS & STIs in Africa (21-6 September 2003).

Community Mapping: A How-To Handbook for Grassroots Women's Organizations
by the Huairou Commission and Women's Land Link Africa Initiative. 2007.

Listen to Us Land Ownership and Property Control: Grassroots Women Document Innovations in Practice
by Jacqueline Leavitt, PhD, for the Huairou Commission. 2006.

Children's Property and Inheritance Rights, HIV and AIDS, and Social Protection in Southern and East Africa by Laurel L. Rose. FAO HIV/AIDS Programme Working Paper Series, Working Paper 2.

Children's Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV and AIDS - A Documentation of children's experience in Zambia and Kenya

Building Bridges to the Grassroots
Presentations by the Zimbabwe Women in Construction Association (ZWICA) and the Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) from the Grassroots Women's International Academy, Barcelona, 2004.

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