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Staff Spotlight: Godfrey Massay
Meet Godfrey Massay, Landesa’s Tanzania Program Director based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Godfrey began working for Landesa in 2017
W7 Takeover: What commitments would G7 Leaders make if gender equality advocates had their say?
Equal Measures 2030 featured Esther Mwaura-Muiru, Landesa’s Global Advocacy Director for the Stand for Her Land campaign, in a survey
On International Women’s Day, a call to Stand for Her Land
Learn more about the movement to strengthen women’s land rights, and to secure a better future for people and planet.
United Nations committee publishes landmark statement on land and human rights
This General Comment marks a historic juncture: the first comprehensive statement from a human rights treaty-monitoring body on the relationship
Staff Spotlight: Ayman Soliman
Learn more about Ayman Soliman, a Global Advocacy Program Officer based in Washington, D.C. Ayman began working for Landesa in
Staff Spotlight: Susan Waruhiu
Learn more about Susan Waruhiu, a Program Coordinator based in Nairobi, Kenya. Susan began working for Landesa in 2022.
Food Security, Climate Resilience Hinge on Women’s Land Rights
Read about women’s land rights, food security, and climate change in an interview with Landesa’s S4HL Global Advocacy Director Esther
The rise and rise of African feminists’ movements
The Stand for Her Land campaign was profiled by The Nation in a piece about current movements in Africa to
Land Tenure: A Cross-Cutting Solution for Poverty, Climate Change, and Women’s Rights
Landesa Global Advocacy Director Esther Mwaura-Muiru writes that if we want to improve lives and alleviate poverty, achieve food security
Intern Spotlight: Melissa Padilla
Melissa interned with Landesa’s Center for Women’s Land Rights this summer. She supported the Stand for Her Land Campaign and









