The Stand for Her Land campaign was profiled by The Nation in a piece about current movements in Africa to safeguard women’s rights.
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Landesa helped to deepen the impact of USAID’s work through synthesis of existing evidence, new research on gender disparities and impacts of formal land rights, and piloting approaches to build awareness of women’s land rights.
This report presents findings from an evaluation of long-term impacts of the highly innovative and cost-effective Ethiopian land certification program that took place between 2005 and 2020. We assess certification’s impacts on tenure security, agricultural investment, leveraging land for credit or rental, and women’s empowerment.
Melissa interned with Landesa’s Center for Women’s Land Rights this summer. She supported the Stand for Her Land Campaign and co-authored an article examining the parallels between reproductive rights and women’s land rights.
Nairobi, 8 March 2022— Leaders and campaigners from across the world today launched Stand for Her Land in Africa, a global advocacy campaign for women’s land rights. The launch, on International Women’s Day, will link African grassroots organizations with national actors and international champions. Already, nearly 100 groups in Uganda, Senegal, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and worldwide are mobilizing to Stand for Her Land.
Agricultural Systems Change initiative will help put 17 millions African smallholders on the pathway to prosperity.