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.
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.
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.
February 2023
Shipra Deo was interviewed by Vice News for their article about violence and land grabbing in India, and the victims’ complicated fight for justice.
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.
December 2022
Landesa’s Khadija Mrisho discusses the safety net of rights to land and other links between land & gender-based violence in a new op-ed for The Citizen Newspaper.
Landesa research was quoted in an article about centering women in climate decision making and shifting discriminatory norms that hinder women from accessing land.
November 2022
Companies and suppliers can exacerbate land insecurity – but they also present a vital opportunity to invest responsibly and advocate for secure land rights, driving improvements for people and planet. Read more from our CEO Chris Jochnick and Lisa Manley of Mars.
Shipra Deo was interviewed by Vice News for their article about violence and land grabbing in India, and the victims’ complicated fight for justice.
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.
December 2022
Landesa’s Khadija Mrisho discusses the safety net of rights to land and other links between land & gender-based violence in a new op-ed for The Citizen Newspaper.
Landesa research was quoted in an article about centering women in climate decision making and shifting discriminatory norms that hinder women from accessing land.
November 2022
Companies and suppliers can exacerbate land insecurity – but they also present a vital opportunity to invest responsibly and advocate for secure land rights, driving improvements for people and planet. Read more from our CEO Chris Jochnick and Lisa Manley of Mars.
Landesa’s Khadija Mrisho discusses the safety net of rights to land and other links between land & gender-based violence in a new op-ed for The Citizen Newspaper.
Landesa research was quoted in an article about centering women in climate decision making and shifting discriminatory norms that hinder women from accessing land.
November 2022
Companies and suppliers can exacerbate land insecurity – but they also present a vital opportunity to invest responsibly and advocate for secure land rights, driving improvements for people and planet. Read more from our CEO Chris Jochnick and Lisa Manley of Mars.
Companies and suppliers can exacerbate land insecurity – but they also present a vital opportunity to invest responsibly and advocate for secure land rights, driving improvements for people and planet. Read more from our CEO Chris Jochnick and Lisa Manley of Mars.