In this three-part blog series, we asked the Women-led Collective Advocacy for Climate Action national coalition leads about their work forming and strengthening coalitions, building capacity amo...
Africa’s forests and natural areas are an indispensable collective resource. Capably stewarded by the communities that have called these areas home for centuries, these forests can continue ...
https://www.landesa.org/to-safeguard-africas-forests-protect-local-land-rights/
The lives of Chumpou Khmao’s residents are woven into the roots of their mangrove forests. With the support necessary to gain secure rights, they can steward their forests to flourish for gener...
https://www.landesa.org/the-right-to-steward-protecting-people-and-planet-in-asias-mangrove-forests/
Nature-based emission-reduction projects must ensure that their benefit sharing arrangements properly account for and transparently compensate local stakeholders for their labor and resources use...
Civil society representatives across Asia and Africa met in Dhaka this October to talk about the growing impact of climate change on land-based rural people across Asia and Africa. They crafted t...
Strong land rights are a crucial prerequisite to the climate resilience and sustainable land management necessary to bolster food security and reach zero hunger. The post To Feed the World, Far...
https://www.landesa.org/to-feed-the-world-farmers-need-rights-to-the-land-they-till/
Gender-equitable SRHR (sexual and reproductive health and rights) and land rights can unlock greater agency and accelerate climate action and justice. The post Climate Resilience At The Interse...
https://www.landesa.org/climate-resilience-at-the-intersection-of-srhr-and-land-rights/
Women and girls are resilient agents of change – and their potential to respond to all crises, from conflict to climate change, is accelerated when they enjoy secure rights to land. The post ...
https://www.landesa.org/to-avert-the-next-humanitarian-crisis-empower-women-and-girls/
Because youth constitute the majority of the population across Africa, investing in youth access to land is recognized as a key strategy for both economic and agricultural development. A number o...
https://www.landesa.org/a-growing-momentum-to-promote-youth-land-rights-in-tanzania/
We are inspired by the possibility of strengthening women’s land rights as a way to empower women socially and economically. One such potential benefit concerns the ways in which land rights ma...
https://www.landesa.org/to-protect-women-and-uproot-patriarchy/