Center For Women’s Land Rights

The Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights champions women’s secure access to land by providing resources and training that connects policymakers, researchers, and practitioners around the world.

Corporate Engagement

Improving outcomes and opportunities for communities and helping companies do business in a trustworthy, transparent, and socially responsible way through guidance and practical advice on strengthening land tenure and stakeholder engagement.

Global Advocacy

Landesa’s global advocacy aims to elevate the importance of land rights on the global agenda, and build a larger and better connected network of land rights champions.

Climate Change

Improving outcomes and opportunities for communities through guidance on strengthening land tenure and sustainable land management policies and practices to advance climate mitigation and adaptation.

Landesa in Asia

Landesa’s Asia program aims to support land rights reforms that grow prosperity, economic opportunity and gender equity for rural communities throughout Asia, in partnership with governments, civil society and the private sector.

Research, Evaluation & Learning

Landesa’s REL program aims to contribute to evidence-based decision-making in the land sector and other global development spaces through rigorous and collaborative research and learning.

Landesa in Sub-Saharan Africa

Targeting root causes of poverty and insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa, including: insufficient recognition and protection of rural peoples’ land rights, and women’s lack of control over assets.