Esther Mwaura – Muiru

Global Advocacy Director, Stand For Her Campaign

Stand For Her Land Campaign/Landesa

Esther is Global Advocacy Director, StandforHerLand Campaign. An expert in Gender, Governance and Development, she has served in various platforms to advance women’s human rights.
Until 2017, she spent 23 Yrs with GROOTS Kenya as founding Director establishing transformative development approaches led by grassroots women
The 1995 UN Women Conference cemented Esther’s commitment to the value, leadership and agency of grassroots women and that progress happens if people living in poverty and in margins of development take centre stage to finding long solutions.
She led development of Women Land Rights Collective Commitment, part of Generation Equality Forum.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

20 July 2023

DAY 2

20 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
12:30 am EEST	02:00 pm EEST	Roots of Justice: Climate action, economic opportunity, and women’s land Side Event Kigali Convention Center - Room MH 1-1	Women are primary stewards of the environment. At the same time, human-driven climate change disproportionately impacts women, including decimating their valuable Read More Women are primary stewards of the environment. At the same time, human-driven climate change disproportionately impacts women, including decimating their valuable efforts to protect biodiversity and primary ecosystems. Land rights are critical to empower women as change agents to protect our environment and reverse the damage already done. Stand for Her Land (S4HL) Campaign will bring together grassroots women, CSOs, youth activists, government and development practitioners to share insights into how women’s land rights can advance gender equality and sustainable development – and how together, we can solve the critical crises of climate change impacts, food security, and poverty. Organizer: Landesa Read Less Speaker Esther Mwaura – Muiru Global Advocacy Director, Stand For Her Campaign Stand For Her Land Campaign/Landesa

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
10:30 am EEST	12:00 pm EEST	Advancing Feminist Climate Justice through the Rule of Law Concurrent Room MH 1-2	This session will address the huge gap in optimizing the potential of the rule of law and justice approaches in collective action to advance climate justice for women Read More This session will address the huge gap in optimizing the potential of the rule of law and justice approaches in collective action to advance climate justice for women and girls. It will explore good practices and promising approaches on how legal and justice interventions have been utilized to achieve gender-transformative climate action and strengthen accountability for the promotion of women and girls’ human rights. The panelists will share their expertise and experiences on using legal and justice approaches to promote women’s environmental rights, build their resilience to climate impacts and strengthen women’s leadership in climate decision-making processes. Session format: Thought Leadership Organized by International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in partnership with Rights and Resources Initiative, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and the Generation Equality Action Coalition on Feminist Action for Climate Justice Read Less Speakers Ilaria Bottigliero Director of Research and Learning International Development Law Organization (IDLO) H.E. Mary Robinson Chair of The Elders and former President of Ireland carla Manjate Rombe Regional Gender Officer IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature Joanita Babirye Co-founder - Girls For Climate Actiion Girls For Climate Action Esther Mwaura – Muiru Global Advocacy Director, Stand For Her Campaign Stand For Her Land Campaign/Landesa Sara Omi President of the Coordinator of Territorial Women Leaders of Mesoamerica Coordinator of Territorial Women Leaders of Mesoamerica