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 Introduction Member Networks Partners Coordinating Council Why "Huairou" Grassroots Profiles History & Achievements |
Huairou Biographies:  Sengul
AkçarFoundation for the Support of Women's Work Founding Host member of the Huairou Council, Ms. Akçar is also founder and board member of the Foundation for the Support of Women’s Work (FSWW/KEDV). The foundation supports the leadership of grassroots women throughout Turkey in their efforts to improve the quality of communities. It supports child care and education services through mothers’ leadership and community mobilization; economic empowerment including saving groups, micro credit programs and business development; individual and organizational capacity building; governance and development following disaster. Ms. Akçar is an Ashoka Fellow. Contact: Foundation for the Support of Women’s Work (FSWW) Bekar Sok. No: 17. Beyoglu. Istanbul. Turkey. Tel: 90-212-292 26 72-75 Fax: 90-212-249 15 08. Email: kedv@tnn.net Website: www.kedv.org.tr  Emmy
GalamaInternational Council of Women Ms. Galama joined Huairou while preparing its OUR Best Practice display for the Habitat II Conference of 1996. Today, as a representative ICW, she shares her expertise as Permanent Representative to UN-HABITAT and UN-ECEHS. She also brings 20 years of experience with Womens’ Advisory Committee for Housing (VAC) a Dutch organization for housing and the living environment. She is acitve in social housing and is volunteer for the International Red Cross. Contact: Zaamslag. The Netherlands. Tel: 31-115-431958 Fax: 31-115-617764. Email: ergalama@zeelandnet.n Website:www.icw-cif.org  Prema Gopalan:Swayam Shikshan Prayog A founding member of , Ms. Gopalan is Executive Director of Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), a learning and development organization based in Mumbai, India. SSP partners with an ever growing community based network of 1,690 women’s self-help groups/federations addressing credit and livelihoods, health and education, water and sanitation, disaster management and infrastructure. It facilitates capacity building and linkages between community organizations and governing bodies. SSP is playing a leadership role in Huairou’s disaster to development campaign. Contact: Swayam Shikshan Prayog. 58, CVOD Jain High School 84 Samuel Street. Dongri. Mumbai 400 009. India Tel: 91-22-2864511 Fax: 91-22-28223139 Email: ssp2000@vsnl.com Website: www.sspindia.org  Lily Hutjes-BoelaarsInternational Council of Women A member of the Huairou Council's Executive Committee, Ms. Hutjes represents the International Council of Women (ICW). She has been involved in women and habitat issues since 1987. She is active locally – Women’s Advisory Committee (VAC) a Dutch organization which gives advice on housing and living environment; nationally - National Council of Women, Netherlands Habitat Council, National Cee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development; regionally – policy assistant on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities to a member of the European parliament, and internationally – ICW Advisor to UN-HABITAT. Contact: International Council of Women (ICW) Veldsingel 6. 6581 TC Malden. The Netherlands Tel/Fax: 31-24-358 7879 Email: l.hutjes@planet.nl  Anne
MichaudWomen & Cities International Ms. Michaud has been active in the anti rape movement in Québec and Canada since the 80’s. She is the Coordinator of the Femmes et ville program of the City of Montréal since 1992. Instrumental in bringing women's perspectives on safety to bear on municipalities at the international level, she has taken part in the organizing of the first International Seminar on Women’s Safety in May 2002 in Montréal. She is presently involved in projects related to gender equality in urban governance. Contact: Femmes et Ville. Direction du développement social Ville de Montréal 800. boul de Maisonneuve est. 3 ième étage. Montréal H2L 4L8. Québec. Canada. Email: anmicho@pe2.ville.montreal.qc.ca Website: www.femmesetvilles.org  Carla
Morales RojasWomen & Peace Network Ms. Morales is director of Official Programs of the Center for Human Progress of the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress. She is currently heading the new Grassroots Women and Peacebuilding Campaign for Huairou and, because of the fundamental importance of land and property rights to women in Central America, is also active in its Land and Property campaign. Contact: Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress P.O. Box 806410-1000. San Jose. Costa Rica Tel:506-24401919 Fax:506-244-4949 Email: Carla@arias.or.cr Website: www.arias.or.cr  Esther
Mwaura MuiruGROOTS International A member of the Huairou Council's Executive Committee, Ms. Mwaura-Muiri is founder and current coordinator of GROOTS Kenya, a network of over 2000 grassroots women who belong to self help groups. Through its Local to Local Dialogues project, GROOTS Kenya has created an ongoing conversation between residents of Nairobi slums, and opinion leaders, local officials, Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Lands and Settlements, National Aids Control Council and Nairobi City Council. It is enlarging an AIDS network which builds on the strengths of grassroots community caretakers. Ms. Mwaura-Muiru has been an active spokesperson for women, homes and communities and Huairou at many regional and international meetings. Contact: GROOTS Kenya P. O. Box 1320. 001000 Kenya Tel: 254-20-573186/2718977 Fax: 254-20-2718977 Email: grootsk@grootskenya.org Website: www.groots.org/member.htm  Jan Peterson, ChairHuairou Secretariat Founder and chair of the secretariat of the Huairou Commission, Ms. Peterson is also a founder of GROOTS International and prior to that, founder and executive director of the National Congress of Neighborhood Women, a grassroots women's empowerment organization in the United States. With 30 years of experience in developing local initiatives, Ms. Peterson is the recipient of many awards for community service and is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences and events. She currently teaches in the International Affairs Department, The New School for Social Research in New York City. Contact: Huairou Commission 249 Manhattan Ave. Brooklyn. New York. United States Tel: 1-718-388-0285 Fax:1 718-388-8905 Email:jan.peterson@huairou.org Website: www.huairou.org.  Liliana
Rainero:Women & Habitat Network-Latin America and the Caribbean Ms. Rainero is the director of Argentina’s Center for Exchange and Services for the Southern Cone, (CISCSA) as well as the coordinator of the Latin America Women and Habitat Network. A professor, her main areas of work are habitat, local government, public policy, poverty, and urbanism from a gender perspective.She is extensively published, has designed and conducted trainings for grassroots women’s groups and local government officials and was a participant in the Huairou Local-to-Local Dialogues in Cosquin, Argentina Contact: CISCSA-Women & Habitat Network. 9 de Julio 2482. X 5003 CQR Cordoba. Argentina Tel/Fax: 54-351-489 1313 Email: gem@agora.com.ar Website:www.redmujer.org.ar/argentina_ciscsa.htm  Maria
Teresa Rodriguez Blandon (Maite)Women & Peace Network Ms. Rodriguez has been a professional organizer for Fundacion Guatemala since 1992. She organizes gender training and documentation courses at the grassroots and academic levels; works with grassroots and indigenous women organizations in Guatemala and Central America on Women and Land Access and Secure on Tenure and has participated in the CSW for over 12 years. She is a founder of Huairou’s Women and Peace Network. Contact: Fundación Guatemala (FUNGUA) 7 Calle A 20-53. Zona #11. Mirador I. Guatemala City. Guatemala Tel/Fax: +502.475.3474/475.3470. Email: fungua@quetzal.net, maitero@yahoo.com  Sandy Schilen:GROOTS International Ms. Schilen is global facilitator of GROOTS International, an organization with which she has been associated since 1993. Previously, as local and national director of the National Congress of Neighborhood Women, USA, she developed an extensive body of materials on grassroots women’s leadership. An economist by formal education, she speaks at a wide variety of international meetings on women and community issues and is currently editor of the Population Council’s publication SEEDS. Contact: 249 Manhattan Ave. Brooklyn. New York. 11211. United States Tel: 1-718-388-8915 Fax:1-718-388-0285 Email: grootsss@earthlink.net Website: www.groots.org  Sri Husnaini Sofjan:Asian Women & shelter Network A member of the Huairou Council Executive Committee, Ms. Sofjan is also founding member and current coordinator of the AWAS Network, which is currently undergoing reorganization. A professional partner, she is the former Regional Programme Manager for The Urban Governance Initiative (TUGI), an UNDP Asian Pacific project and is a specialist in information technologies and human settlements. Among her publications are Our Cities, Our Homes: A to Z Guide on Human Settlements Issues and Action for Better Cities Locally. She is active in Women Candidacy Initiative of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a grassroots organization supporting women's political participation and social activism. Contact: 47-03-04 Menara Orkid, 51000 Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia Tel: +60163577925; Fax: +60340427117 Email: shsofjan@hotmail.com |
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