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Forced into marriage aged 16, now champion for her children’s education
The Guardian Tanzania — With support from Landesa, Habiba Ibrahim transformed her life from child bride to successful sesame farmer
Helping NGOs and Funders Make the ‘Big Shift’ to Working With Government
Stanford Social Innovation Review – Landesa Co-Founder Tim Hanstad co-authors a compelling call for NGOs and funders to make the
The Widow, The Will, and The Wall: When African Women Fight for Their Inheritance
Legal Africa — Landesa was mentioned as a key player in organizing movements for women’s inheritance rights across Africa.
Beyond Beijing: The revolution of women’s land rights, control and ownership at CSW69
The Guardian Tanzania — At CSW69, Landesa spotlighted women’s land rights as central to achieving gender equality, co-hosting key events
Increasing Collaboration, Plan Indonesia Initiates CSO-Nagekeo Regency Government Audience for the Protection of Children and Women
Kompasiana — Plan Indonesia brought together 14 CSOs, including Landesa Indonesia, for a strategic dialogue with the Nagekeo Regency Government
How can renewable energy models put people first?
India Development Review — Landesa India’s Pinaki Halder spoke on a panel at the Responsible Renewable Energy Summit about what
African women land professionals kick against gender disparity in land ownership, management
News Agency of Nigeria — At the First African Women Land Professionals Associations Conference in Tanzania, land experts called for
Roy L. Prosterman, 89, Dies; Worked to Secure Land for the Rural Poor
New York Times — Seeing land rights as the key to lifting up the impoverished, Roy Prosterman pushed authoritarian governments
Reflecting on UNCCD COP16
CIFOR-ICRAF — Landesa helped organize a session at UNCCD COP16 on how to address the underlying barriers to women’s rights
Roy Prosterman, who fought poverty through land rights, dies at 89
The Washington Post published a detailed account of Roy’s life and work to help lead a movement to secure land
