Women's Land Rights Institute
We empower the people who empower women around the world
The Women’s Land Rights Institute is focused on expanding the enabling environment for the advancement of women’s land and resource rights around the world.
Through our core Foundations course, topically-focused intensives, dynamic workshops, and expert-led webinars, we share field-tested strategies for making substantial change for women through the secure access to land and resources.
Our innovative and practical curriculum is rooted in our faculty’s deep experience working globally for over two decades, enhanced by guest lecturers and the diverse perspectives of our students.
Please join us for one of our upcoming courses!
Foundations
Our foundational courses take a holistic approach, give you the opportunity to explore best practices in advancing women's land and resource rights. They generally meet once per week for 10 weeks.
If you're new to the field, start here!
Available Courses
Intensives
Intensive courses present a deep dive into a specific topic, issue, or solution that we've worked on in the field. Guided by our faculty, these courses often host guest experts presenting detailed case analyses. They're generally concentrated into four sessions over 2 weeks.
Available Courses
Webinars & Workshops
Our team regularly engages in industry workshops and webinars, which provide overviews on best practices, lessons learned during field work, recent research findings, and more.
Check out records of our most recent events.
Available Events
- Webinar
Panel 2: What Works for Women on Collective Lands? {November 16th, 2022} - Webinar
Panel 1: What Works for Women on Collective Lands? {November 10th, 2022} - Webinar
Women’s Engagement in Governance of Drylands {September 20th, 2021} - Webinar
What works for women? {September 8th, 2021} - Webinar
What Works for Women’s Land and Property Rights? {July 22nd, 2020}
Meet Our Alumni
Centering Indigenous and Collective Land Rights Within International NGOs
Incorporating Gender into Community Land Rights Programs in Liberia
Transforming Career Prospects and Opportunities in Namibia
Developing a Community of Women’s Rights Advocates in Ghana
Making Space for Women in Lesotho’s Green Economy
An Inclusive Approach to Land Rights in Ethiopia
Nothing as Beautiful as Working for Women’s Land Rights
Land, Forests, Water: Natural Capital And Security for Women
‘How the WLRI will help the women I work with to participate in decisions about their land’
‘Women Are Strong Like A Rock’
Women’s Land Right Institute – Building What Works for Women in Kenya
Women’s Land Rights Institute – Informing Field Work in Liberia
Where Our Alumni Work
Institute Faculty
Renee Giovarelli
Resource Equity Co-Founder, Senior Gender Adviser and Lawyer
For 20 years, Renee has focused on the legal and sociological issues central to gender equity in access to land and natural resources. Her work has helped inform core policy positions on issues related to access, use, and control over land and resources for leading international development organizations.
Elisa Scalise
Resource Equity Co-Founder, Gender and Land Tenure Lawyer
Elisa is the Executive Director of Resource Equity and is also a gender and land tenure lawyer. For over 15 years, Elisa has worked on research into and the design of laws, policies, and programs that improve women’s rights to land and natural resources, strengthen women’s involvement in decision-making and governance of land.
We’d love the opportunity to teach a custom course at your organization.
For more information on the Women’s Land Rights Institute, please contact Kurstin Browne at institute@resourceequity.org
Endorsements
The Resource Equity Women’s Land Rights Institute is an initiative supported by Wellspring Philanthropic Fund.
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
Equal property rights for women is a crucial global development goal. Generating awareness about the strategies necessary to achieve equality is a critical step on the path to achieving that goal.
Laura Meggiolaro - Land Portal Foundation
International Land Coalition
As a development community, we have some way to go before we can say that there is broad understanding of what works in practice to make a change in women’s lives through land rights. I believe that this course is an important step in addressing that challenge.
Jolyne Sanjak - Tetra tecH
