Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Monday, December 2, 2024

Women Land Defenders from Latin America, Asia, Africa, and EMENA


28 November 2024
. During this meeting leaders from Latin America, Asia, Africa, and EMENA, broke down the successes and challenges of practical initiatives in their advocacy efforts to achieving women land rights in order to overcome obstacles in their territories. 

Recording available

Women Land Rights Defenders are crucial to protect land and territories, but doing so expose them to gender specific threats and challenges. There is a global need to engage with women defenders to support them, document their struggles and facilitate their voices to be heard in the public sphere.

  • Moderated by Elisabetta Cangelosi, Gender Justice Advisor, International Land Coalition 
  • Etienne Coyette, Policy Officer, INTPA F3
  • Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur Environmental defenders
  • Marusia Lopez,IM-Defensoras- Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders
  • Kimberly Alvarez, AR Now ! NLC Philippines
  • Leiria Vay, CODECA, Guatemala
  • Hadija Sserwanga,UCOBAC, Uganda

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