Meet Tizai Mauto, Landesa’s Sr. Land Tenure and Youth Specialist based in Seattle, Washington. Tizai began working for Landesa in 2015.
Everlyne Nairesiae, Landesa’s Africa Region Director, is quoted by UG Standard on why there must be demand and increased attention to protect women’s human rights in the context of their access to, use of, and control over land in Uganda.
Monica Magoke-Mhoja was interviewed about Landesa’s partnership with Sheria Kiganjani to create a mobile application that provides women living in remote areas with legal advice about their land rights and information on how to seek redress if these rights are violated. Over 20 community paralegals are now registered to use the Women and Land segment, 400 women have already been provided legal assistance, while 50 widows got their land rights formalized.
Landesa’s Community Smart Consultation and Consent (CSCC) project was profiled by IPP Media. The 5-year project seeks to survey land and issue customary certificates as a way of accelerating land ownership among men, women and other groups in the community.
Dr. Monica Mhoja joins award-winning poet and activist Hellen Bulugu to give voice to the millions of women who are calling out for the one thing they need most: a piece of land of their own.
Landesa’s land use planning work, in collaboration with Pelum Tanzania and the Government of Tanzania, is profiled in an article about addressing land conflicts between farmers and herders in Ifakara and Kilosa districts.
Many challenges, such as deforestation, water management, land conflicts, labor rights, and smallholder support require collective action to address them in a meaningful way. This resource offers guidance for planners and implementers of landscape initiatives and suggests practical approaches to ensuring IPLC participation in, or ownership of, decisions in landscape initiatives at various key steps.
Many challenges, such as deforestation, water management, land conflicts, labor rights, and smallholder support require collective action to address them in a meaningful way. This resource offers guidance for planners and implementers of landscape initiatives and suggests practical approaches to ensuring IPLC participation in, or ownership of, decisions in landscape initiatives at various key steps.
Landesa Tanzania Program Director Godfrey Massay was interviewed for an International Women’s Day article on global action for advancing and recognizing women in the quest for gender equality in land ownership.
Landesa was highlighted, alongside partner DEN-L and the Liberia Land Authority, for our role in supporting the land certification program that helps communities formalize their land rights.