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LATEST NEWS

International Widows Day Webinar

23 JUNE 2023 — WiLDAF Tanzania and Landesa Tanzania have organized a strategic webinar session to gather more than 100 participants from multidisciplinary groups to reflect and strategize on bridging the policy and practice gap to strengthen women’s land rights, especially for widows.

Stand With Us: A Call to Action for Women’s Land, Housing, and Property Rights for People and Planet

27 JUNE 2023 — The Stand With Us global webinar will bring together Stand for Her Land coalitions and partners from six countries to share their progress in implementing the campaign since its launch in March 2022.

A major milestone for women’s land rights in Ethiopia

Country coalition lead Habitat for Humanity Ethiopia signed an agreement with the German Agency for International Cooperation and the Ethiopian government’s Women’s Land Rights Task Force to cooperate on strengthening women’s land and property rights in Ethiopia.

The nexus between gender, land rights and climate change

THE MONITOR — UCOBAC's Frances Birungi Odong explains how women in Uganda are more impacted by climate change than men, which is why securing women’s land rights has become critical in the war against climate change.

W7 Takeover: What commitments would G7 Leaders make if gender equality advocates had their say?

Equal Measures 2030 featured S4HL Global Advocacy Director Esther Mwaura-Muiru in a survey of gender equality advocates, asking these leaders how they would urge the G-7 countries to fulfill commitments to women’s rights and empowerment.

Upcoming Events

WEBINAR

Leveraging Religious Norms to Strengthen Women’s Land Rights: Lessons from work in the Somali Cluster and Ethiopia

  • Wednesday, May 28, 2025
  • 6-7:30am Pacific Time / 4-5:30pm East Africa Time
  • Session is in English with Arabic translation
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SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVATION

#Land4OurFuture: Advocating for Land Rights and Climate Resilience

June 2-17, 2025

Join Stand for Her Land and the UNCCD Youth Caucus for #Land4OurFuture, a two-week social media activation spotlighting youth and grassroots women as advocates for land rights, restoration, and drought resilience—key solutions to climate change, gender inequality, and sustainable development.

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