Katia Araujo Director of Programs Huairou Commission EGM on Responsible Land Governance and Secure Tenure of Urban and Peri-Urban Land 14-15 July 2016 Katia Araujo Director of Programs Huairou Commission

Huairou Commission: Women, Homes and Community The Huairou Commission is a global network of grassroots women’s organizations, NGOs, academics and professionals in 54 countries that work to build strategic partnerships and linkages between grassroots organizations in order to: Build grassroots women’s empowerment Strengthen sustainable development practices at the local level Influence political spaces (local to global) on behalf of their communities

Empowerment Framework for Grassroots Women’s Organizations Accountability & Responsiveness Leadership Resource Sovereignty Power and Collective Action

The Four Key Elements of our Empowerment Framework for Women’s Organizations :: Leadership: describes the extent to which a woman’s role, capability, presence and influence in decision making processes at all levels is increasing. Accountability and Responsiveness: refers to the extent to which women and men scrutinize government and hold them to account, and the extent to which public policies and institutions respond to the needs of grassroots women and uphold their rights, including access to basic services, equality, and civil liberties. Resource Sovereignty: the extent that a woman has control over her resources and their derived benefit. Having authority over resources ensures that a woman is more likely to build an asset base. Power of Collective Action: describes the ability in which women can together network, organize, collaborate in order to achieve their mutually agree aims.

OUR TARGET: RESOURCE RIGTHS/SOVEREIGNTY Resource rights/sovereignty, or a person having authority over their own economic resources, is a central component of empowerment. Resources can be defined as land, or assets such as shelter, or income generation assets. Authority over or access to one’s resources also means being able to transform their resource into benefits and have authority over those benefits (financially or nutritionally). A woman’s sovereignty over her resources translates, for example, to a women’s ability to own land in her own right, the authority to dictate where the finances from her land should be invested, and have decision making over her home and shelter.

Indicators Leadership Collective Organizing Accountability &Responsiveness Resource Rights/Sovereignty Knowledge Management &Communications # Women are knowledgeable / informed of decision making processes Quality of affiliations / partnerships / coalitions built Increased in women’s engagement in mechanisms for community participation and involvement Increase in the number of women who have acquired land titles and have homes Increase documentation of grassroots strategies, practices and lessons Change in the perceptions of women and/or roles of women by others in community New groups are formed Women are actively addressing issues in government/duty bearer accountability and corruption Improvement in women’s livelihoods Improved circulation and exchange of information within peer groups, networks and coalitions #Women taking the lead in their own organizations Collective agenda’s developed and affirmed by your coalition/network with coordinated advocacy Monitoring groups formed and actively addressing government accountability and corruption Women making primary decisions over economic production matters Replication and scaling up of knowledge, skills and successful practices Women influencing decision making Development of or improved network communication Partners are carrying grassroots women’s agenda forward and using within their institutional space or identity Women have access to markets, capital and credit Creation of accessible, user friendly training modules, tools and resources Women holding position in formal decision making bodies ( elected and appointed or mixed committees) Greater recognition of organization or coalition by decision makers /stakeholders of influence Women’s collective organizing agendas incorporated into community plans / decision making / budgets / policies Women are disputing land claims ( informal and formal) Grassroots women’s access to information, technology and resource experts

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