
For millions of people worldwide, land is a fundamental asset and source of wealth, security, social status, and economic opportunity. Secure land rights provide the foundation to improve lives and create pathways out of poverty – for women, families, and whole communities. Landesa’s work securing land rights for rural people has taken us around the world.
We invite you to explore our 2018 Annual Report to learn where this journey has taken us over the past year. To our many supporters, partners, and friends who make our work possible, we offer our deepest thanks.
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Staff Spotlight: Joseph Chiombola
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A new dawn for women’s household labor: Turning care work into economic power
The Daily Nation (Kenya) interviewed Landesa's Jessica Oluoch for a story about an ongoing legal debate over the valuation of women's unpaid care work, in light of a recent report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics indicating that Kenya's women spend more than five times as many hours engaged in care work as men.
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Landesa at COP30
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