The Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professionals Program is managed by Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights.
The Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights is an initiative of Landesa,
a global land rights organization that has partnered with more than 50
countries to help strengthen land rights for more than 120 million
families.
The Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights works with
governments and civil society to champion and advise on standards,
policies, and tactics for strengthening women’s land rights; create
tools and pursue innovative solutions; and nurture a global network of
professionals and organizations collaborating to improve the conditions
and status of women and girls by strengthening their access and control
over land and resources.
The Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professionals Program seeks to
cultivate a network of qualified professionals from around the world who
are strongly committed to securing women’s land rights at local,
national, and international levels. Our program goals are to enhance and
learn from participants’ expertise, to support their commitment to
securing women’s land rights, and to foster participation in a global
women’s land rights network.
This is a competitive program that
begins with a five-week period of intense training, mentoring, and
experience sharing with land tenure experts at Landesa’s headquarters in
Seattle, Washington. Participants will have the opportunity to deepen
their expertise, gain and impart comparative knowledge around legal and
policy reform and implementation; expand the set of approaches to
designing, executing, and evaluating women’s land rights interventions;
and improve their impact by honing leadership, management, and
communication skills.
Program participants work closely with one
another and with Landesa staff to develop their skills, expertise, and
commitment to support one another by:
- Participating in and contributing to substantive and comparative discussions
- Sharing knowledge and expertise through presentations and informal conversations
- Providing and receiving constructive feedback
- Fostering group cohesion built on trust and openness to facilitate the growth of a global network of women’s land rights professionals
The Women’s Land Rights Visiting
Professionals Program (VPP) is a capacity-enhancing and network-building
initiative of the Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights.
The program
seeks to cultivate a network of qualified practitioners from around the
world who are strongly committed to strengthening women’s land rights at
local, national, regional, and global levels. The goals of the program
are to 1) enhance participants’ capacity, 2) reinforce their commitment
to strengthening women’s land rights, and 3) foster their ability and
motivation to participate in a global women’s land rights network.
The
program begins with a five week period of intense training, mentoring,
and sharing with gender and land tenure specialists at Landesa’s global
headquarters in Seattle, USA.
The program will be held April 1 – May 5, 2018.
Participants will join Visiting Professionals Program alumni, including
women’s land rights practitioners from the public sector, civil
society, and academia.
What Expenses Are Covered?
The program covers
the cost of tuition, obtaining a US visa, roundtrip flights, airport
transfers in the US, lodging, and public transportation and provides a
modest stipend for food and other living expenses.
Who Is Eligible to Apply?
- All applicants must be currently based and working in India, China, Myanmar, Liberia, or Tanzania due to current funding guidelines.
- Professionals currently working in-country for national or international organizations, NGOs, academic institutions, government agencies, etc.
- Practitioners, policy advocates, community organizers, educators, and other development professionals strongly committed to strengthening women’s land rights
- Professionals with at least five years’ development experience, with two of those years focused on issues related to land tenure or women’s rights
- Professionals with advanced English proficiency skills (speaking, reading, and writing)