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Meet Joseph Chiombola, Landesa’s Policy and Law Expert, Africa Region based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Joseph started working for Landesa in 2024.
The Daily Nation (Kenya) interviewed Landesa’s Jessica Oluoch for a story about an ongoing legal debate over the valuation of women’s unpaid care work, in light of a recent report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics indicating that Kenya’s women spend more than five times as many hours engaged in care work as men.
All Africa — Report on land registration and demarcation efforts highlights Landesa’s efforts in Rwanda’s Eastern Province.
Michuzi TZ — Landesa, alongside S4HL TZ partners Haki Ardhi and MIICO, launched the Women’s Land Rights Manifesto during the 5th annual gathering for Int’l Day of Rural Women in Tanzania, reaffirming our commitment to ensuring all women can own and inherit land with security and dignity.
Daily Star TZ — Landesa’s Khadija Mrisho and Godfrey Massay were quoted in an article about S4HL Tanzania’s new Women’s Land Rights Manifesto.
The Citizen TZ — The importance of youth land rights and participation was underscored at a workshop convened by the Youth and Land Multi-Stakeholder Platform in Africa (YLMPA). Landesa helped create the YLMPA, which now includes 55 members from 18 countries.
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.
Meet Racheal Kisiangani, Landesa’s Senior Land Tenure Specialist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Racheal started working for Landesa in 2023.
The Guardian TZ — Landesa’s Khadija Mrisho and Godfrey Massay were interviewed about the urgent need to close the gap between Tanzania’s progressive land policies and the realities women face, calling for dismantling discriminatory traditions, improving governance, and ensuring women know and claim their land rights.
Meet Gmasonah Togba Aboah, Landesa’s Land Tenure Specialist based in Monrovia, Liberia. Gmasonah started working for Landesa in 2022.
