This intergenerational working group will unite diverse intermediary organisations that focus on land rights, climate change, gender equity, and ecosystem-based services. The group will co-create transformative pathways for gender equity and land rights in East and Southern Africa to enhance resilience. Through a participatory action research approach using social ecological systems thinking and an intersectional lens, this working group seeks to address pressing challenges on insecure land rights, land degradation inequalities, and exclusion. By bridging gaps between local communities, practitioners, policymakers, and funders through innovative knowledge brokering approaches, we hope to facilitate knowledge exchange and strengthen local capacities for transformative change.
Group members:
- Dr Nadia Sitas, EbA Thematic Lead, Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), SouthSouthNorth (lead)
- Jane Njeri Mwangi, Regional Partnership and Resource Mobilization Officer, International Land Coalition Africa (lead)
- Fatema Rajabali, Africa Lead, Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
- Milagre Nuvunga, Executive Director, Micaia Foundation
- Caroline Namuzimule Kayanja, Senior Programs Officer- Women’s Land and Property Rights ,Uganda Community Based Association for Women and Children Welfare, Kampala
- Toini Amutenya, Founder & Director, National Youth Climate Action Network of Namibia
- Nametso Dorothy Phonchi-Tshekiso, PhD candidate CST and Land Use Planning and Policy Research Fellow at Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana
- Dr Patricia Bamanyaki CDKN Gender, Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Thematic Lead, SouthSouthNorth