Women are at the core of communities.
There is immense wisdom and know-how to be found in the daily survival strategies of neighborhood women and grassroots women s organizations. Vibrant action by poor communities in addressing basic needs are keeping our cities alive. Therefore the Huairou Commission set up the Our Best Practices Task Force , representing a wide range of grassroots women s leaders and their partners from member networks across North, South, East and West. The aim was to identify, document and disseminate the problem-solving strategies used by grassroots women. Our Best Practices are solutions from the ground, where grassroots women are taking leadership roles in addressing issues such as childcare, health, drinking water and sanitation, income generation and poverty eradication, responsiveness to natural and human made disasters and sustainable community development.