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HELLO! — In an exclusive interview, Bridgerton author Julia Quinn highlighted her role as a goodwill ambassador for Landesa. Quinn shared how her platform helps raise awareness of the importance of land rights, noting her recent trip to Kenya with Landesa and emphasizing that secure land rights are a foundation for food, medicine, and education.
ITV — Tanzania’s Ministry of Community Development pledged, with support from UN Women and Landesa, to advance women’s economic equality under the Generation Equality Forum commitments.
UN News — At a HLPF 2025 side event, Landesa’s Karol Boudreaux emphasized the importance of recognizing women’s land rights for the success of agrifood systems. “When you are recognized as a farmer, a world of possibilities, a world of resources – opportunities for representation and rights – become available to you. Doors open.”
Nepal’s updated climate plan highlights the power of land rights—especially for women—as a foundation for equitable climate action.
As world leaders meet for the 2025 High-Level Political Forum, two new reports from the SDG Land Momentum Group highlight that secure land rights are critical—and urgently needed—to achieve global development and climate goals.
APN News — At the Third International Conference on Public Policy and Management in Patna, Landesa’s Pinaki Halder joined a high-level panel on SDG land indicators and the role of local institutions. The panel emphasized integrating land titles into Gram Panchayat Development Plans to strengthen land data systems and improve sustainable development outcomes.
On International Widows’ Day, Landesa’s Dr. Monica Mhoja shares Sarah’s story to spotlight the urgent need for gender-equitable land rights in rural Liberia. Through tools like Amplio Talking Books and support for community land formalization, widows like Sarah are reclaiming their land, their voice, and their future under Liberia’s progressive Land Rights Act.
Land Portal — At a global webinar ahead of UNCCD COP17, Landesa’s Beth Roberts emphasized the need to center grassroots women and youth in land restoration efforts. She highlighted Landesa’s advocacy through the Stand for Her Land campaign, calling for inclusive, locally led implementation of existing land tenure decisions across the Rio Conventions.
The Guardian Tanzania — At CSW69, Landesa spotlighted women’s land rights as central to achieving gender equality, co-hosting key events and urging policy reforms, gender-responsive land use planning, and increased investment to secure land tenure for rural women across Africa.
CIFOR-ICRAF — Landesa helped organize a session at UNCCD COP16 on how to address the underlying barriers to women’s rights through gender transformative approaches, and the differences between reaching, benefiting, empowering and transformative change.
