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 Introduction Member Networks Partners Coordinating Council Why "Huairou" Grassroots Profiles History & Achievements |
About Us
The Huairou Commission is a global coalition of networks, institutions and individual professionals that links grassroots women’s community development organizations to partners. The networks seek access to resources, information sharing and political space. At the same time, it links development professionals to on-the-ground practice. Currently, the network focuses its joint efforts on five campaigns: Governance, AIDS, Disaster, Land and Housing and Peace Building. Objectives The main objectives of the Huairou Commission are:
The Huairou Commission’s approach to development work is based on a paradigm of collective action that is community-based and led by women. It builds the capacity of grassroots women’s organizations so that they can influence the trends of development in their communities and represent their views and priorities in key forums at local, national and international levels. Huairou gives visibility to grassroots women’s solutions by placing them at the center of strategic policy dialogues and action planning. Some of the grassroots organizations are of mixed gender, but they demonstrate women’s leadership and they focus on empowering women. The Huairou Commission has emerged as a platform for grassroots women to build their capacity to act locally and to directly represent their priorities in key local, community and global arenas. It represents a major milestone for grassroots women in building a global movement of self-representation. The self-representation contrasts strongly with the former practice of being represented by intermediary organizations, a number of whom were largely based in the professions and not singularly grounded in the reality of rural and urban poor communities, where the majority of Huairou members live and draw their livelihoods. Tools for Up-streaming Lessons and Policy Agendas The Huairou Commission and its Member Networks have developed several methodologies that enable grassroots women to collectively articulate and analyze their successful on-the-ground work in such a way that they can convey their priorities in decision-making forums.
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