Rural Development Institute

Asia is home to the largest rural population in the world, where land rights are essential to improving lives and livelihoods. Through partnerships with national governments, including china, india, and myanmar, regional bodies like the association of southeast asian nations, local civil society, and the private sector, landesa provides technical assistance and expertise to strengthen land laws and policy, guide implementation efforts, promote legal literacy and awareness of rights to land, and improve outcomes for women and communities in business supply chains and land-based investments.

Land is the most important asset in sub-saharan africa, yet 90 percent of africa's rural land is undocumented. Landesa's africa program works to strengthen land rights policy and implementation efforts on the continent, leading to improved outcomes for women, youth, rural households, and other groups. In liberia and tanzania, landesa is partnering with local civil society organizations to pursue innovative solutions for greater access and rights to land for women, men and communities.

Women in many parts of the world encounter persistent social and legal barriers to their rights to own, use, access, and inherit land. The landesa center for women's land rights works to build awareness, promote gender equitable learnings and best practices, and createnetworks of advocates, experts, and other stakeholders to elevate women's land rights as a key development priority. Through the stand for her land campaign and other global advocacy efforts, landesa is building a movement for gender-equal rights to the world's mostfundamental resources by promoting gender-equal rule of law on land from grassroots to global level, and through capacity development for governments and civil society partners.