By Gmasonah Togba Aboah, Land Tenure Specialist Year after year, following the cassava harvest, Beatrice Sumo would cut down the remaining stalks and burn her field to clear it for the next planting season. This agricultural method—sometimes known as “slash-and-burn”—is prevalent where Beatrice lives in rural Bong County, Liberia. It is also common for farmers to use synthetic fertilizers and cut down trees to clear land and produce charcoal. [Read more] “Climate-Smart Agricultu...| Global Washington
The Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights works globally to elevate and catalyze the voices and leadership of grassroots women and women-led organizations who are driving the movement on land rights at local and national levels to realize both gender and climate justice. Under its Transformation Partnerships grant with Together Women Rise, in 2024 the […] The post The Power of Women-Led Movements for Land Rights first appeared on Together Women Rise. The post The Power of Women-Led Movem...| Together Women Rise
Together Women Rise is making a historic investment to create systemic change for women and girls around the world. In December, our board of directors approved three new Transformation Partnerships. Each partner will be given an Implementation Grant in the amount of $100,000 per year for two years (2022 and 2023). Thanks to your generosity, […] The post Our $600,000 Investment in New Transformation Partnerships first appeared on Together Women Rise. The post Our $600,000 Investment in New ...| Together Women Rise
By Esther Mwaura-Muiru, Stand for Her Land Global Advocacy Director A non-profit organization focused on smallholder farmer livelihoods. A government land governance learning week. An investigative radio show protecting human rights. In Uganda, development initiatives pursuing a common agenda to address gender inequality and sustainable development have found a unifying theme: women’s land rights. The Continue Reading| Global Washington
By Chris Jochnick, Landesa President & CEO For communities across the Global South, the impacts of climate change are not abstract projections but concrete realities that threaten their land and food security. The final installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) assessment points to grim consequences should the world fail to meet the 1.5 Continue Reading| Global Washington