Investing in Peace through Intersectional and Localized Approaches to Women’s Land Rights

Date & Time
Jun 17, 2026 | 11.00 - 12.30

Participants
Chair: Asha Kurien, Christian Aid (United Kingdom)
Nicolás Parra Sánchez, Climalab NGO (Colombia)
Anita Conteh-Kargbo, Green Scenery Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)

This panel will share insights from Sierra Leone, Haiti and Colombia, where Christian Aid and local civil society, in partnership with the UN Peacebuilding Fund are supporting women and youth to secure their land rights. The panelists will explore how access to land and inclusion in decision-making spaces enables marginalized women and youth to become powerful agents for peace. In each of these countries, we promote locally led solutions to intersectional marginalization:

Sierra Leone: ‘Women’s Land for Peace’ supports rural women to ensure implementation of new progressive natural governance laws.

Colombia: ‘Sowing Economies of Peace’ addresses implementation gaps in the 2016 Final Peace Agreement, equipping indigenous, mestizo and campesino women and youth through community peacebuilding schools, Seed Capital Funds, and Territorial Defence Observatories.

Haiti: 'Rural Women as Catalysts for Sustainable Peace over Land’ tackles the systemic exclusion of women from natural resources management.

Women’s Land for Peace: Advancing Gender‑Just Land Governance in Sierra Leone

Anita Conteh Kargbo, Green Scenery (Sierra Leone)

Sowing Economies of Peace: Community‑Led Pathways to Peace in Colombia

Nicolás Parra Sánchez, Climalab (Colombia)

Rural Women as Catalysts for Sustainable Peace over Land in Haiti

Asha Kurien, Christian Aid (United Kingdom)