The Huairou Commision (HC) would like to give special thanks to our HC delegation, who came to New York last week from Bangladesh, Brazil, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Kenya, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, the Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia to participate in CSW56. Speaking out on high level panels, side events and parallel events, HC delegates advocated for the essential recognition of grassroots women, and particularly rural women, as partners in development rather than recipients of aid. At the CSW, our delegates spoke as experts on local needs, shared best practices for bottom-up, community-driven development, and contributed to shaping policies that are gender-sensitive, pro-poor and accountable to communities.