Tarja Halonen is former President, Finland (2000-2012), Member of the Council of Women World Leaders and United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Land Ambassador.

Securing Women’s Land Rights for Increased Gender Equality, Food Security and Economic Empowerment

4.	Growing Hope Across Borders: The Great Green Wall, Africa's Epic Response to Global Challenges Led by Senegalese Women. ©Makewaves – UNCCD
Portrait of Tarja Halonen, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Land Ambassador.
Her Land. ©UNCCD Chad

This World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, governments must immediately eliminate legal barriers to women and girls’ ownership or inheritance of land.