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Local to Local Dialogue: A Grassroots Women’s Perspective on Good Governance

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Local to Local Dialogue:
A Grassroots Women’s Perspective on Good Governance

UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME

Urban Governance Toolkit Series March 2004

Copyright  UN-HABITAT (UnitedNations Human Settlements Programme) and Huairou Commission. All rights reserved. Printed in Nairobi, September 2004. UN-HABITAT, P.O. Box 30030, GPO Nairobi 00100, Kenya UN-HABITAT shall be entitled to all intellectual property and other proprietary rights, including, but not limited to patents, copyrights and trademark, with regard to publication, documents, materials and other works producedby each Party under this Agreement. UN-HABITAT hereby grants GROOTS International a non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide and royalty-free license to produce, use and sell such publications, documents, materials and other works produced under this Agreement. GROOTS International transfers this role to the Huairou Commission. Urban Governance Toolkit Series ISBN: 92-1-131718-5 HS/732/04E

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CONTENTS
Local to Local Dialogue: A Grassroots Women’s Perspective on Good Governance Foreword................................................................................................................4 Preface...................................................................................................................61. Introduction.............................................................................................................8 1.1 Where the Local Dialogues Began..............................................................8 1.2 The Local to Local Dialogue Initiative..........................................................12 1.3 The Local to Local DialogueGuide...............................................................13 1.4 Who is This Guide For?..............................................................................14 1.5 Governance, Good Governance and Grassroots Women.............................14 1.6 Localizing Good Governance.................................................................15 1.7 The Six Local to LocalDialogues................................................................17 Three Big Ideas................................................................................................19 2.1 From Beneficiaries and Clients to Citizens....................................................19 2.2 From Adversaries to Allies...........................................................................20 2.3 Political Transformations and the Redistributionof Power..........................20 Principles of Engagement..................................................................................21 3.1 Collective Action.....................................................................................22 3.2 Capacity Building....................................................................................24 3.3 BuildingAlliances.....................................................................................27 3.4 Demonstrating Capacities.........................................................................32

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4. Experiencing Good Governance Internally...........................................................35 5. 6. Assessing DialogueInitiatives.............................................................................36 Conclusion.......................................................................................................38

Negotiating Priorities: Six Case Studies Women Setting Agendas for Dialogue in Kenya........................................................39 Cleaning and Greening Neighbourhoods in Russia.....................................................46 Creating Common Agendas...