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Title From Rhetoric to Reality: Grassroots Womens' Actionable Ideas for Social Inclusion and Collaborative Problem Solving Day / Time Thursday, June 22nd / 13:30 - 15:30 Room MR02 Event Description Seasoned leaders from grassroots women’s organizations, who participated in the Grassroots Women’s International Academy pre-event, will present the innovative solutions and knowledge they contribute to sustainable human settlements. Their actionable ideas address issues of economic empowerment, housing, basic services, family-friendly urban policy and communities resilient to AIDS, Disaster and Conflict. The speakers, from countries such as the Czech Republic, Philippines, Kenya, and Bolivia, will discuss how they plan to transfer skills and knowledge between one another’s organizations in peer learning processes over the next few years. The participatory nature of the session will encourage grassroots leaders to share their experience. It will, also, offer the opportunity for partners to discuss how to upscale grassroots participation inside local planning and governance processes. Session Language English Spanish Speakers (information as provided by host organization) Rut Kolinska - Mother Centers Network of the Czech Republic Analucy Bengochea - Garifuna Emergency Committee of Honduras Parakalam Bhuvaneswari - The Covenant Centre Development - CCD   Contact Need more information about this event? Please fill the contact form Related Documents (in English and / or French) Host Organization GROOTS International Host Organization Description Groots International is a network of grassroots women’s organizations that contribute to the development of their communities. From the South and the North, the member organizations are committed to creating relationships of mutual support and solidarity with one another. GROOTS International was formed in 1985 during the conference of the UN Decade for Women in Nairobi, when six grassroots women came up with the vision of GROOTS, to contradict exclusion from global policy dialogues. Members believe that by working hard to solve evey day problems in their communities, grassroots women are essential resources of knowledge. GROOTS seeks to develop a movement giving voice and power to grassroots women's local visions and initiatives, attracting long term partners, and creating new policies to expand and strengthen their leadership. Website (Organizer and partners) www.groots.org

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