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Godfrey Massay @GEMASSAY

Land tenure and environmental lawyer; Tanzania Program Director for Landesa. Views are my own

Joined March 2011
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Mwananyamala 😭😭😭😭!
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Rugemeleza Nshala@rugemeleza
15 Nov 2025
This video shows the result of the carnage and barbarism of the highest order unleashed on innocent Tanzanians by the Tanzanian security forces on the 29th of October 2025. thttps://x.com/mangekimambi/status/1989738068988072220/video/1
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What Does Tanzania’s New Land Policy Say on Women’s Land Rights? landesa.org/what-does-tanzan…

What Does Tanzania’s New Land Policy Say on Women’s Land Rights?

Progress for gender-equal land rights comes with the launch of Tanzania’s revised National Land Policy.

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Hussein M Bashe
@HusseinBashe
23 Apr 2025
Tamko la Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania kuhusu Biashara ya Mazao ya Kilimo na nchi za Malawi na Afrika Kusini.
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Roy Prosterman, land reform advocate and UW law professor, dies at 89 seattletimes.com/seattle-new… via @seattletimes

Roy Prosterman, founder of a Seattle nonprofit that helped millions, dies at 89

UW Professor Emeritus Roy Prosterman, was the founder of Landesa, an international nonprofit that has impacted tens of millions of people in the world's poorest countries.

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Stand for Her Land@Stand4HerLand
3 Feb 2025
From community awareness to global advocacy, Stand for Her Land fights to make women’s land rights a reality. Together, we can transform lives. Will you join us? #S4HL #GenderJustice
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The Maasai Strife Against Green Grabbing in Tanzania thecontrapuntal.com/the-maas… via @withemes

The Maasai Strife Against Green Grabbing in Tanzania - The Contrapuntal

Activist Joseph Moses Oleshagay speaks on the Maasai's forceful evictions, green grabbing policies in Tanzania and its colonial history.

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Stand for Her Land@Stand4HerLand
6 Nov 2024
We’re excited to announce that @stand4herlandtz received the Young Women and Girls Land Rights Champion award from @youth_yilaa for advancing land rights for young women and girls across Tanzania! 🇹🇿 #S4HL #CIGOFA4 #WomensLandRights
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grain.org/e/7190

From land grabbers to carbon cowboys: a new scramble for community lands takes off

Billions in carbon credits, but at what cost? GRAIN dataset exposes how fossil fuel giants & "carbon cowboys" are driving land grabs in the global South, displacing communities and deepening the...

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Dr Monica Magoke-Mhoja@DrMhojam
3 Aug 2024
More than 3/4 of #Tanzanians depend on land for their livelihoods - yet only 1/3 of women in #Tanzania report owning land. @Landesa_Global has been making impact in Tz. #TheAfricaWeWant @AU_WGYD @GEMASSAY @luhulamasalu @KhadijaMrisho2 @USAIDAfrica @europeanunions @unwomentanzania
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Stand4herlandtz@stand4herlandtz
31 Jul 2024
Melina alipata nafasi ya kurithi ardhi ya familia, anaeleza changamoto wanazopitia wanawake katika kijiji cha Kisitwi, kuwa wanapoolewa hawapati haki ya kurithi ardhi huko walipoolewa kwa sababu hawakuja na ardhi.
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Stand for Her Land@Stand4HerLand
25 Jun 2024
✨Get To Know: #S4HL Tanzania Coalition✨ In the last 25 years, Tanzania has enacted laws backing #WomenLandRights, thanks to collaborative efforts by civil society. @Stand4HerLandTZ (our first coalition), is continuing to unite advocates for continued progress!
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WiLDAF Tanzania
@WiLDAFTz
20 Jun 2024
Join us for a Pan African Webinar this #InternationalWidowsDay as we unite to honor and empower widows across Africa. Let's raise awareness, share stories, and inspire change. Together, we can make a difference. #InternationalWidowsDay #PanAfricanWebinar #EmpowerWidows Registration Link: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…… @landesaglobal @stand4herland @DrMhojam @Habitat_org @SheriaKiganjani
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Why women with disability have a right to inherit, own land nation.africa/kenya/news/gen…

Why women with disability have a right to inherit, own land

No one is allowed to deprive another person of property or right or interest in any property on any ground.

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Stand for Her Land@Stand4HerLand
7 Jun 2024
Empower the most knowledgeable and skilled individuals who feed our world—smallholder farmers, particularly women, Indigenous Peoples, and youth—by recognizing and upholding their #LandRights that enable them to farm sustainably. #S4HL
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Stand4herlandtz@stand4herlandtz
7 Jun 2024
Suzana Kaowela ni mwanamke mjane wa miaka 54 na ni mkulima mdodo mkazi wa Kijiji cha Luhanga kilichopo katika Halmashauri ya wilaya ya Kilolo mkoa ni Iringa.
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Stand for Her Land@Stand4HerLand
29 May 2024
We currently have 6 Country Coalitions: 💜Bangladesh 💜Colombia 💜Ethiopia 💜Senegal 💜Tanzania 💜Uganda Interested in joining the #S4HL movement? Learn more here: s29735.pcdn.co/wp-content/up…
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Stand for Her Land@Stand4HerLand
27 May 2024
Please join us in welcoming our newest S4HL partner: @CadastaOrg! We're excited to partner with Cadasta on our shared goals to further women’s land rights worldwide 🤝 #S4HL #WomensLandRights
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Stand4herlandtz@stand4herlandtz
28 May 2024
Last Sunday 25th May, #S4HL partner @sauti_jamii organized a Mancala board game at Kipunguni ward that brought together about 56 male participants with the objective of using the platform to discuss issues women land rights and gender-based violence. @TawlaTZ
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Stand4herlandtz@stand4herlandtz
2 May 2024
📢Get to know our new partners.
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