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Mainstreaming gender and climate change in land use planning
IPP Media profiled Landesa’s work alongside partners to draw and implement land use plans for villages in Mufindi District, Tanzania.
New Resource: Women and Dirt
Land rights for women flips the script of gendered power—it challenges patriarchy at its root, by fundamentally changing women’s economic,
Securing land tenure for women and girls to promote climate change resilience
Beth Roberts was quoted in CIFOR’s summary of the CSW66 side event on “Securing Women’s and Girls’ Land Tenure to
Landesa receives $20 million gift from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
The new funding is a direct investment in Landesa’s efforts to accelerate gender equality and arrest the climate crisis.
Laws must provide legitimacy to women’s claims on land
On International Women’s Day, the Times of India ran a piece by Shipra Deo, Landesa’s director of women’s land rights
Global women’s land rights campaign launches in Africa
Nairobi, 8 March 2022— Leaders and campaigners from across the world today launched Stand for Her Land in Africa, a
How Climate Change Can be Fought With Secure Property Rights
Rachel McMonagle, Landesa’s climate change & land tenure specialist, discusses using land rights to adapt to climate change on Property
Announcing a new investment in Africa’s women farmers
Agricultural Systems Change initiative will help put 17 millions African smallholders on the pathway to prosperity.
January Plotlines: Youth hold the key
Unlocking potential through youth land rights; Land and post-COP26 climate action; We’re hiring!
Issue Brief: Youth Land Rights
The future belongs to youth. But in many parts of the world, young women and men lack the means and
