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Join us at the EGM on Responsible Land Governance and Secure Tenure of Urban and Peri-Urban Land to discuss strategies for empowering women through sustainable development practices, leadership, accountability, and resource sovereignty. Explore the importance of women's authority over resources and the benefits it brings to their communities.
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EGM on Responsible Land Governance and Secure Tenure of Urban and Peri-Urban Land14-15 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
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.
