Mina Manuchehri is an Attorney and Land Tenure Specialist at Landesa, an international NGO that works to secure land rights for rural women and men to provide opportunity and promote social justice. Mina’s work focuses on working with key stakeholders - including companies, CSOs, farmers, communities, and government - to achieve more responsible investments in land. Mina has extensive experience working in the sugarcane sector throughout east and southern Africa. Over the past two years, Mina has worked closely with Illovo Sugar Africa to help build staff capacity, strategic partnerships with local CSOs, and management tools through the DFID-funded C2P Project, which is aimed at helping companies implement corporate commitments to better respect land rights. Mina holds a B.A. from the University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies and a J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law.
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Displaying 1 - 2 of 2Forging new partnerships: Companies and CSOs collaborate to achieve more responsible investments in land
I think the engagement with Illovo is a good start. … [the Project] has provided a platform for Illovo to engage with [us], which is not only a benefit to Illovo, but to the community. It opens up dialogue. In the future…, we’d love for Illovo to come to (us) and ask us to get involved.
One Company’s Journey to Better Respect Land: Illovo Sugar Africa
Our sugar is made from sugarcane. And sugarcane is not planted in trees or in the air, it’s planted in the ground, in the soil, on land. It’s the bedrock of our investment.
—Illovo Land Champion