ISLP is proud to partner in the Stand for Her Land Campaign (S4HL), a global movement to advance women’s land tenure rights around the world as part of the drive toward more inclusive and sustainable development. ISLP joined in producing “Her Land,’’ which offers insights from organisations worldwide working on women’s land rights and showcases innovative approaches to combat land degradation and desertification. The publication launched at COP16 of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification held in Riyadh in December 2024. Published by the Human Development Forum, “Her Land” includes a chapter contributed by ISLP, Landesa, and S4HL coalition members the Population, Health and Environment Consortium-Ethiopia (PHE), Movement for Ecological Learning and Community Action (MELCA), and Union of Ethiopian Women and Children Association (UEWCA). Our chapter discusses the role of sustainable land management practices in securing women’s land rights in Ethiopia, highlighting the critical intersection of policy, science, and community engagement. We thank ISLP volunteers from Blakes for important legal research that informed the underlying case study.
We are grateful to Akin for hosting ISLP, Landesa, and S4HL partners for a strategy roundtable during the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The session centered the voices and perspectives of grassroots advocates to help crystallize priorities, identify practical hurdles, and share successful local approaches that have produced meaningful wins for the realization of land rights in diverse countries and settings.