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Meet Joseph Chiombola, Landesa’s Policy and Law Expert, Africa Region based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Joseph started working for Landesa in 2024.
Michuzi TZ — Landesa, alongside S4HL TZ partners Haki Ardhi and MIICO, launched the Women’s Land Rights Manifesto during the 5th annual gathering for Int’l Day of Rural Women in Tanzania, reaffirming our commitment to ensuring all women can own and inherit land with security and dignity.
Daily Star TZ — Landesa’s Khadija Mrisho and Godfrey Massay were quoted in an article about S4HL Tanzania’s new Women’s Land Rights Manifesto.
The Citizen TZ — The importance of youth land rights and participation was underscored at a workshop convened by the Youth and Land Multi-Stakeholder Platform in Africa (YLMPA). Landesa helped create the YLMPA, which now includes 55 members from 18 countries.
ITV — Tanzania’s Ministry of Community Development pledged, with support from UN Women and Landesa, to advance women’s economic equality under the Generation Equality Forum commitments.
The Guardian TZ — Landesa’s Khadija Mrisho and Godfrey Massay were interviewed about the urgent need to close the gap between Tanzania’s progressive land policies and the realities women face, calling for dismantling discriminatory traditions, improving governance, and ensuring women know and claim their land rights.
Michuzi — In an effort to increase media awareness and participation in land management and development in the country, Landesa has started a special training for journalists on Tanzania’s updated Land Policy.
Landesa’s Masalu Luhula said the main objective of the training is to enable journalists to understand the changes made in the policy and its impact on society, and to build their capacity to report professionally on issues of land rights, ownership, and gender equality in land use.
The Guardian Tanzania — Landesa is supporting an initiative to train journalists on the revised land policy so they are empowered to educate the public about land ownership and their rights. Landesa’s Masalu Luhula shared: “When journalists understand the policy, they can communicate accurate information to the public through their platforms and help shift public perceptions and practices.”
Progress for gender-equal land rights comes with the launch of Tanzania’s revised National Land Policy.
The Government of Tanzania launched its revised National Land Policy, which contains provisions to improve land governance nationwide.
