Valentina Ángeles stands in front of the home she helped build with Habitat for Humanity in Hidalgo, Mexico. ©Habitat for Humanity International/Jason Asteros
Why women's land?
Around the world, land serves as a foundation for security, shelter, income and livelihoods. But rights to land are not equitably distributed to us all. This is especially true for women. In fact, women still encounter persistent barriers to their land rights – despite laws and policies that enshrine those rights – in more than half the countries in the world.
It’s time we break down those barriers.
About the Campaign
The Stand For Her Land Campaign aims to close the gap between laws and practice so that millions of women can realize land rights in their daily lives, across contexts and around the world. Because whether she lives in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the tropical forests of Liberia or the highlands of India, every woman deserves full and equal rights to land.
Women cannot be owned as property, but land as property can be owned by women.
What’s New
Ghana needs a grievance mechanism to secure women’s land rights
As advocates for women’s land rights, isn’t it time we support the establishment of land-rights-specific grievance mechanisms?
Letter from Buganda: Let us rise together and Stand For Her Land
In Uganda, registered land is still at 20%, and out of that women are only a meager 5%-26%. There is an urgent need to address the historical injustices and colonial legacies, which have resulted in several challenges.