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Discussion: Why Women’s Land Rights Matter for the Future of Farming

Join us on October 15 at Georgetown University for a discussion with leaders across agriculture, conservation, markets, land rights, and international development in celebration of the International Year of the Woman Farmer. Women are essential to food production and economies around the world, yet many still do not formally own or control the land they…

Correcting the Record: Improving Rwanda’s Land Records from the Ground Up

Announcements, Announcements|Conferences and Events, Announcements|Conferences and Events|News, NewsOct 5, 202699Views 0Likes 0Comments

Between 2009 and 2013, Rwanda undertook an extraordinary effort to map and register more than 11 million land parcels nationwide, bringing formal land rights to millions of people. However, land registration is not a one-time exercise. Boundaries change, land is inherited and transferred, and records can become incomplete or not reflect realities on the ground.…

What Climate Week 2026 Reinforced About Land Rights and Community Leadership

By Amy Coughenour Betancourt, CEO, Cadasta I returned from Climate Week NYC with renewed conviction that progress on climate depends on communities having the rights, resources, and authority to shape their own futures. Across the conversations our Cadasta team joined, the questions were practical: Who controls funding? What is holding up recognition of land rights?…

Building Better Foundations for Humanitarian Action

How stronger data systems are helping families rebuild safer homes and more secure futures When disaster strikes, humanitarian organizations move quickly to meet immediate needs, providing shelter, food, water, and emergency assistance. But humanitarian work doesn’t end when the crisis passes. For families rebuilding their lives, recovery is measured not only by repairing homes,…

How Place-Based Data Is Helping Women Farmers Thrive

Celebrating the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026 Women farmers are at the heart of global food systems. They cultivate crops, care for livestock, steward natural resources, and feed their families and communities. Yet millions continue to face insecure rights to the land they farm. The International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026 recognizes…

Cadasta + Corus: Building the Next Chapter, Together

Periods of change often present the greatest opportunity for organizations to sharpen their focus. For Cadasta, the recent week-long leadership strategy workshop marked an important step in defining how the organization will continue to advance equitable land and resource rights while expanding the ways it delivers value to partners around the world. Bringing together Cadasta’s…

The Digital Divide in Land Rights: Who Owns the Map?

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By Carolina Reynoso Pieters, Senior Director of Global Programs at Cadasta As land and resource rights work becomes increasingly data-driven, a hard truth is becoming impossible to ignore: not all data practices are neutral. Around the world, land is being mapped, digitized, and integrated into formal systems, often without meaningful participation or consent from the…

What Successful Land Governance Programs Do Differently

Announcements, Announcements|Conferences and Events|News|Non-Profit, UncategorizedJul 7, 2026571Views 0Likes 0Comments

Government institutions, development organizations, and communities face increasing pressure to deliver land governance programs that are measurable, scalable, and built to last. Whether the goal is modernizing land administration, recognizing Indigenous lands, strengthening community forestry, or supporting climate resilience, the challenge is rarely a lack of technology. The challenge is implementation. Research from leading organizations…

Why Land Systems Fail and How Uganda is Doing Things Differently

Announcements, Announcements|Conferences and Events|News, Announcements|News, News|Non-Profit, Opinion, UncategorizedApr 30, 2026607Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Wambayi Wabwire, Land Administration Advisor Land underpins identity, livelihoods, and social stability. Yet across Uganda, where roughly 80 percent of land is held under customary tenure, the majority of people still lack formal recognition of their rights. Without documentation, families remain vulnerable to disputes, displacement, and the loss of ancestral land. This gap persists…

What Makes Impact Last: Cadasta at the Skoll World Forum

By Cadasta Staff This month, Skoll World Forum returns to Oxford at a time when the social impact sector is under real pressure to evolve. Across the sector, long-standing assumptions about funding, scale, and sustainability are being tested. Aid is tightening, expectations for accountability are rising, and many of the systems meant to support impact…

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Discussion: Why Women’s Land Rights Matter for the Future of Farming

Correcting the Record: Improving Rwanda’s Land Records from the Ground Up

What Climate Week 2026 Reinforced About Land Rights and Community Leadership

Building Better Foundations for Humanitarian Action

How Place-Based Data Is Helping Women Farmers Thrive

Cadasta + Corus: Building the Next Chapter, Together

The Digital Divide in Land Rights: Who Owns the Map?

What Successful Land Governance Programs Do Differently

Why Land Systems Fail and How Uganda is Doing Things Differently

What Makes Impact Last: Cadasta at the Skoll World Forum

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