Rights to land are a foundation for transforming poverty into thriving. The Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights exists to help women thrive equally: we focus on women and girls because they experience poverty more harshly, especially when it comes to land.
We are building a movement for gender-equal rights to the world’s most fundamental resources through:
- Gender-equal rule of law on land from grassroots to global levels
- Capacity development for governments and civil society partners
FEATURED RESOURCE
land empowers
A life-cycle look at how women's and girls' relationship to land can lead to transformation or discrimination.
We work for gender-equal rights with individuals and communities.
- For girls, land rights mean better nutrition, healthcare, access to education, and delayed marriage.
- For women, land rights means a more equal power within the home and community, and ability to realize economic opportunity and legal rights.
- For everyone, regardless of gender, stronger rights for women and girls means more prosperity, peace, and sustainability.
We work for more gender-equal law and implementation, supporting rights for women and girls at scale within countries.
We are helping drive a movement for strong standards and initiatives that realize human rights, halt climate change, and ensure sustainable development.
