Land is power, land is wealth, and, more importantly, land is about gender, race and class. The relationship to land – who owns it, who accesses it, who uses it and who has control over it – reflects obscene levels of gender inequality in the world. Equitable land governance can help reverse three types of phenomena: gender discrimination; social exclusion of vulnerable groups; and wider social and economic inequalities.
Unfortunately, despite progress made in reforming the land sector across the globe, equitable land governance remains a pipe dream. Land is increasingly attractive and prone to grabbing especially if it is fertile and has good potential for agricultural practices, even more so, considering the context of the climate crisis and drought, if there is access to and control over
Development practitioner, researcher and policy advisor with long track record on (the lack of) integrated development (policy, institutions and practice), including political economy of community and women's land rights, right to food, inclusive natural resources management, local economic development, women's rights and human rights
Wanga Kitasi
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ActionAid Kenya
Job title
ProgramProgramme Coordinator-Land, Resilient Livelihoods and EmergenciesActionAid Kenya
Interests
Helping the unfortunate, especially peasant farmers
About me
I have over 10 years’ experience in program portfolio and partnership management in the non-governmental organization sector working on responsible governance and sustainability issues in land, agriculture, natural resources, and its nexus; - resilient livelihoods, climate change, biodiversity loss, disaster risk reduction and resilience building with policy and campaigns as integral. I have demonstratable experience in applying accountability models and frameworks including human rights-based approaches, social mobilization and organizing approaches, community institutions capacity building approaches, negotiated rights based territorial diagnosis, and accountability in emergencies to advance transformative change. I hold a Master of Arts in Projects Management from the University of Nairobi (2011), a Diploma in Business Management from the Kenya Institute of Management (2011), and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biotechnology from Kenyatta University (2007).
Abul Kalam Azad
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ActionAid Bangladesh
Job title
Project Coordinator
Interests
Energy Transition, Environment and Climate, Land Rights, Governance
About me
Working as a project coordinator of energy transition projects. A person fueled by a passion to make a just and green society towards beautiful and joyful planet earth for all beings.
Sophie Kwizera
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ActionAid Netherlands
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Catherine Gatundu
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ActionAid International
Job title
Head- Resileint Livelihoods and Climate Justice
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Farah Kabir
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Company
ActionAid
Job title
Country Director
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About me
Farah Kabir has been working with ActionAid Bangladesh as the Country Director since June 2007. Over close to three decades of vast experience in the field of development and research has made her renowned human rights figure at home and abroad with an uncompromising voice against human-rights violation. For her significant contribution in women’s rights movement of Bangladesh, Farah Kabir won the prestigious "Nawab Ali Chowdhury National Award 2012”. She is the Chair of the Global Board of the Global Network of Disaster Risk Reduction (GNDR) since 2015, a Board Member of Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) in 2019, a member of Advisory committee of Bangladesh’s NDA to the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Ms. Kabir worked with British Council for nearly ten years both in Bangladesh and United Kingdom. She is the co-editor of two recent publications namely ‘Discourse Analysis as a Tool for Understanding Gender Identity, Representation and Equality’ and ‘Revealing Gender Inequalities and Perceptions in South Asian C
Human geographer, working in the Lake Titicaca region of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia
Muna Mohamed
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Company
Land Sea Maldives
Job title
Co-founder
Interests
Land rights, climate change, womens economic empowerment
About me
advocator for rights of women and communities and negative effects of development induced forced migration, land rights in Maldives.
Miriam Van Muijlwijk
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CARE Nederland
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Annie McKee
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Company
The James Hutton Institute
Job title
Social Researcher
Interests
Land reform and social justice issues relating to land and communities.
About me
I am a qualitative social researcher at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland. research My research focusses on land reform and social justice issues relating to land, agriculture, and rural communities in Scotland, and internationally.
Outwith academia I have been involved with community land activities (e.g. around affordable housing) and land acquisition processes across Scotland.
Kazi Zaved Pasha
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Company
Initiative for Right View(IRV)
Job title
Coordinator
Interests
reading
About me
I am Kazi Zaved Khalid Pasha joy working as coordinator of Initiative for Right View(IRV), I completed Masters of Development Studies(MDS) from Khulna University, Bangladesh.
Khushi Kabir
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Company
Nijera Kori
Job title
Coordinator, Nijera Kori, Bangladesh
Interests
About me
Began working immediately after the liberation of Bangladesh in 1972, living in remote rural areas. In 1980, joined Nijera Kori, a national level NGO known for creating strong autonomous organizations of the rural poor to assert their rights and ensure their entitlements as citizens.
Kabir is a passionate feminist, rights activist, environmentalist, humanist. She is active regionally and internationally in promoting a common vision towards peace, equality, and combatting all forms of violence (gender, ethnic, class and beliefs).
Susan Otieno
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Company
ActionAid International Kenya
Job title
Executive Director
Interests
Women and Land rights
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Selma Zijlstra
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Company
Radboud University
Job title
PhD Advocacy Strategies Land Rights Kenya
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Angelika Kessler
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Company
CARE Nederland
Job title
West Africa, West Coast Program Officer
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Chloe Christman Cole
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Company
Oxfam
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Jimmy Ochom
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Company
Oxfam Novib
Job title
Land Rights Coordinator
Interests
Land administration Land policy and legislation Land registration Land information systems Cadastral development Land reform Land use planning.
About me
Jimmy is an Environmental Human Rights Lawyer, a specialist in land policy and Natural Resources Conflict Management, he is also currently the Land Rights Lead at Oxfam in Uganda, and supports Oxfam Global team on advocacy work on Land rights, Food Security, and Climate Justice. He is an Expert on the Political Economy of Land Governance in Africa. He has worked as the Programs Manager at the Uganda Land Alliance. He has been progressively working for and with several organizations that look at improving access to Justice through litigation and ADR. He has managed several research programs on Land Access and Conflict in Uganda. He managed research on The Role of Women’s Land Rights Advocates in partnership with the University of Essex, UK, and the Robert Bosch Foundation. Jimmy worked with Uganda Land Alliance and has implemented several Natural Resources Governance projects and developed experience in Climate Justice, Protection of Human Rights, Access to Justice and Gender Equality through land rights advocacy,
mart stoffels test
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Networktables
Job title
CSM Intern
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Faith Alubbe
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Company
Kenya Land Alliance
Job title
CEO
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Neil Sorensen
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Company
Universiteit Utrecht
Job title
Communications Specialist
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Jacobo Ramirez
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Company
Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
Job title
Assistant Professor
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About me
Jacobo Ramirez is a consultant and assistant professor in Latin American business development at the Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC) of Copenhagen Business School (CBS) in Denmark, and a member of the Centre for Business and Development Studies (CBDS) at CBS. Ramirez’s main research interest is organizational strategy in fragile states and other complex institutional environments facing security risks, displacement, and social unrest. Ramirez’s current work focuses on how renewable energy investments affect indigenous peoples’ communities and livelihoods. Ramirez is a Mexican-Danish double national, born in Mexico to indigenous Mexican parents from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. He has lived and worked in Copenhagen since 2006.
Audace Kubwimana
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Company
International Land Coalition (ILC)
Job title
Africa Regional Coordinator
Interests
Youth access to land, women land rights, Indigenous peoples, small scale farmers, rights defenders protection,
About me
Audace Kubwimana
Works at ILC as the Africa Regional Coordinator. Previous experience includes working for 8 years to reduce poverty and hunger in Rwanda, at Welthungerhilfe as the Country Representative and Programmes lead and extensive knowledge managing international development programmes. Kubwimana holds a master’s in development studies and a bachelor’s in agriculture
Shamsher Ali
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Company
ActionAid
Job title
Bangladesh
Interests
Climate Justice
About me
Shamsher Ali has been working in development sector and CSO networks for a long period on the issues of human rights, governance for the natural resources, access to land and water resources, ecological justice, policy advocacy, capacity building of the community and strengthening CSO networks.
Ilaria Ida
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Gavin Fielding
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Forest Peoples Programme
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Anna Locke
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Company
ODI
Job title
Principal Research Fellow
Interests
Sustainable agriculture and land use
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Marc Wegerif
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Company
Dept. Anthropology and Archaeology
Job title
Lecturer
Interests
Food Systems, Land Rights
About me
I am a Lecturer in Development Studies at the University of Pretoria. My research focusses on agrarian transformation, land rights and food systems. I have over 30 years of development sector work experience from project level to national and international policy and advocacy. My Doctorate was obtained with the Rural Sociology Group at Wageningen University.
Linda Fokkema
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ActionAid - the Netherlands
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Barbara Codispoti
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Company
Oxfam
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Interests
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Nivatiti Nandujja
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Company
ActionAid Uganda
Job title
Manager Women Access to Social Justice
Interests
Women Land Justice
About me
Women Land Advocate
Christopher Tanner
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Company
Mokoro Ltd., Oxford
Job title
Principal Consultant
Interests
Customary and indigenous land rights, gender and devlopment
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Ayuo Ketta
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Company
ActionAid International Kenya
Job title
Project Manager
Interests
Advocacy, Campaigns and Lobbying
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Esther Kisembo
Country
Company
ActionAid
Job title
Coordinator FGG3 Project
Interests
Women land rignts and large investment land scale
About me
I'm passionate about land rights especially women land rights and land grabs by large investments
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