So far in 2021, Landesa’s programs have strengthened land rights for over 760,000 people. Read more about gender-sensitive land services in India, updates from Myanmar and Cambodia, and additional program highlights in our latest Impact Report.
Learn more about Our Work in Liberia.
So far in 2021, Landesa’s programs have strengthened land rights for over 760,000 people. Read more about gender-sensitive land services in India, updates from Myanmar and Cambodia, and additional program highlights in our latest Impact Report.
Youth hold enormous potential to incorporate new technologies, build robust agricultural systems, and champion climate action. But to do this, they need secure rights to land—the missing piece in many regions. Explore three selected resources to learn more about the vast potential youth hold to transform our food systems and foster a healthier world.
Swedish long-form news site Blankspot explores the history of land rights in Liberia, what the 2018 Land Rights Act meant for the country, and profiles Landesa’s Talking Books project to spread legal literacy in remote communities.
Read a short interview with Constance Teage, Landesa Gender and Land Tenure Specialist based in Monrovia, Liberia.
Watch Landesa and Amplio’s exciting discussion about their new partnership in Liberia and the role of technology in spreading the word about Liberia’s Land Rights Law.
News Security Beat, the blog of the Wilson Center, published an article by Tizai Mauto that synthesizes Landesa’s youth land rights work in Liberia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and elsewhere. He argues for securing youth land rights as a means to create work opportunities for Africa’s under- and unemployed youth while stimulating agricultural productivity.
Access to land is both a critical component and a fundamental barrier to productive youth engagement in agriculture. If properly harnessed, Africa’s nearly 420 million youth—including more than 200 million who reside in rural areas—will be the continent’s greatest asset and its engine to grow agricultural productivity and food security while reducing poverty.
Front Page Africa published an op-ed by Emmanuel Urey, Landesa Liberia Program Director, about why land rights matter for youth and Africa’s greater development.
The Land Rights for Sustainable Development project seeks to increase youth participation in land management discussions and build awareness of the importance of youth land rights to create opportunity.
Amplio profiles Landesa’s use of Talking Books, an inclusive digital audio device, to spread awareness in rural Liberia about the new land rights policies with a focus on youth and women’s land rights.