Watch Landesa and Amplio’s exciting discussion about their new partnership in Liberia and the role of technology in spreading the word about Liberia’s Land Rights Law.
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News Security Beat, the blog of the Wilson Center, published an article by Tizai Mauto that synthesizes Landesa’s youth land rights work in Liberia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and elsewhere. He argues for securing youth land rights as a means to create work opportunities for Africa’s under- and unemployed youth while stimulating agricultural productivity.
Access to land is both a critical component and a fundamental barrier to productive youth engagement in agriculture. If properly harnessed, Africa’s nearly 420 million youth—including more than 200 million who reside in rural areas—will be the continent’s greatest asset and its engine to grow agricultural productivity and food security while reducing poverty.
Front Page Africa published an op-ed by Emmanuel Urey, Landesa Liberia Program Director, about why land rights matter for youth and Africa’s greater development.
The Land Rights for Sustainable Development project seeks to increase youth participation in land management discussions and build awareness of the importance of youth land rights to create opportunity.
Amplio profiles Landesa’s use of Talking Books, an inclusive digital audio device, to spread awareness in rural Liberia about the new land rights policies with a focus on youth and women’s land rights.
Front Page Africa reported on a panel discussion about legal gaps in Liberia’s land rights laws that harm women’s rights to land, featuring remarks from Landesa Land and Gender Specialist Izatta Nagbe.
This report provides a set of clear, in-depth recommendations to the Liberia Land Authority on improving women’s participation in community-level land governance in the implementation of the Land Rights Act (LRA) passed in 2018. These recommendations are based on learnings from primary qualitative research conducted on forest governance structures at 4 case study sites in 3 counties of Liberia on the implementation of community forestry governance bodies.
Front Page Africa interviewed Landesa Liberia Country Representative Dr. Emmanuel Urey about the peaceful resolution of a land dispute in River Cess, Liberia.