Empowered women change the world. We advocate for legal, policy, and social change to empower them by securing their rights to land/resources. #womenslandrights
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After nearly a decade, we’ve made the difficult decision to close Resource Equity and continue our mission of #EmpoweringWomen through #WomensLandRights in other ways. Read more on our blog. #NonProfit #WLR #WomenAndLand #GenderEquity #ClimateChange resourceequity.org/update-on…
This essay about reframing concepts of #feminism in #Nigeria outlines many of the issues that we address in our #StartingWithWomen approach to #WomensLandRights. #GenderEquity #EmpoweringWomen buff.ly/3jpZgqB
The #Women in #Finance #Climate Action Group recently released guidance on how to ensure #GenderEquity when #investing in #ClimateChange mitigation strategies. #EmpoweringWomen buff.ly/40aiWzv
This article explores how a lack of secure #LandRights on #tea plantations in #India can have intergenerational impacts on communities, especially #women and #children. #WomensLandRights #WLR #WomenAndLand #GenderEquity #EmpoweringWomen buff.ly/3Rm24Sj
Check out this recent report from @WorldBank about the looming #LandCrisis in the #MiddleEast and #NorthAfrica region. #MENA #WLR #WomensLandRights #WLR #WomenAndLand #ClimateChange buff.ly/3Dsy1CH
Ensuring that #women know about their existing #PropertyRights is essential, as this new campaign in #Pakistan demonstrates. #WLR #WomensLandRights #WomenAndLand #EmpoweringWomen #GenderEquity buff.ly/3wuRQFy
This call to action by #HumanRights groups notes that secure #LandTenure is necessary to mitigate #FoodInsecurity in countries such as #Kenya and #Malawi. #LandRights #WomensLandRights #WomenAndLand #WLR #EmpoweringWomen #GenderEquity buff.ly/3kIWLjx
This article explores how #land managed by #indigenous and #local #communities in the #Amazon capture #GreenhouseGases, while land managed by others actually add to them. #ClimateChange #WomenAndLand buff.ly/3j7UVbE
Last year, #China expanded its protections for #women, including new #PropertyRights. The new law went into effect at the beginning of 2023. #WomensRights #WomensLandRights #WomenAndLand #WLR #EmpoweringWomen #GenderEquity buff.ly/3WAe4Rf
Read about WLRI alumna Felicity Buckle, who has incorporated her expanded knowledge of #WomensLandRights into her work with @DAIGlobal. #WomenAndLand #EmpoweringWomen #GenderEquity #WLR buff.ly/3XFxhCi
A recent #anthropology study found that, among #farming and #herding groups in #Tibetan #China, #women often work harder than men. One reason may be a lack of bargaining power. #GenderEquity #EmpoweringWomen #WomenAndLand #WomensLandRights #WLR buff.ly/3IZSaUd
While working for ACT, WLRI alumna Vivienne Francis expanded the organization’s approach to be more gender inclusive. Ready more about her story in our Student Spotlight. #WomensLandRights #WLR #EmpoweringWomen #GenderEquity buff.ly/3XxUXsk
This article in @Guardian explores how West #Africa will be home to 40% of the world's population by 2100. Let's make sure #women have a voice in shaping their communities! #GenderEquity #EmpoweringWomen #WomensRights #WomensLandRights #Nigeria #Ghana buff.ly/3sASuzg
This article discusses the real-world consequences when #women don't have secure #LandRights in #India. #WomenAndLand #WomensLandRights #WLR #EmpoweringWomen #GenderEquity #Homelessness buff.ly/3CAwPNe
We recently worked with @WorldBank to analyze the #GenderEquity in #REDD+ programming, and 10 of the country profiles weren't published individually. But you can now find them here! #ClimateChange #WomensLandRights #WomenAndLand #Indigenous #WLR buff.ly/3XF3gSL
WLRI alumni Tigisty Maswahu expanded her knowledge of #WomensLandRights, enabling her to refocus her #LandRights work in #Namibia to be more #inclusive of #GenderEquity. #WLR #EmpoweringWomen #WomenAndLand buff.ly/3CPiJaT
Great news from @USAID! They recently announced they're doubling their investments in #GenderEquity programs for 2023. #EmpoweringWomen #WomensRights #GenderEquality #GEEA buff.ly/3IxFR1j
In the spirit of #MLK, we love this #blog that shines a light on all the #women #activists around the world that are fighting to secure, expand, and maintain #WomensRights. #EmpoweringWomen #GenderEquity #ClimateChange buff.ly/3isZEEq
For the first time since the 12th century, #women are now eligible to register as part of the #freemen in #Llantrisant #Wales! Now, local women can enroll, be recorded, and use the lands for #grazing. #WomenAndLand #WomensLandRights #GenderEquity buff.ly/3Xdbh0M
AIDWA recently announced a new campaign to fight against #GBV, targeting #women throughout #India. #GenderEquity #EmpoweringWomen #WomensRights buff.ly/3GlF3tC
