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Staff Spotlight: Ale Rossi
April 16, 2025
Meet Ale Rossi, Landesa’s Global Internal Initiatives Manager based in Uruguay. Ale started working for Landesa in 2023.
Read MoreHow can renewable energy models put people first?
April 09, 2025
India Development Review — Landesa India's Pinaki Halder spoke on a panel at the Responsible Renewable Energy Summit about what it would take to make renewable energy truly people-centric.
Read MoreLinking Women’s Land Rights, Climate Action, and the UN Women Peace and Security Framework
March 17, 2025
A new Landesa report explores the interconnectedness of women's land rights, climate action, and the Women, Peace & Security (WPS) agenda. The report presents a novel conceptual model and case studies to illustrate how women's land rights, climate action, and WPS can support and influence one another.
Read ArticleRoy L. Prosterman, 89, Dies; Worked to Secure Land for the Rural Poor
March 15, 2025
New York Times — Seeing land rights as the key to lifting up the impoverished, Roy Prosterman pushed authoritarian governments as well as emerging democratic ones to distribute farmland.
Read MoreStaff Spotlight: Esther Mwaura-Muiru
March 11, 2025
Meet Esther Mwaura-Muiru, Landesa’s Global Advocacy Director, Stand for Her Land based in Nairobi, Kenya. Esther started working for Landesa in 2022.
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day Webinar
March 10, 2025
Join us on March 11th for an empowering, one-hour panel discussion hosted by Together Women Rise, Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice, and Landesa in honor of International Women’s Day.
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