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Her rights.

Her land.

A better future
for all.

Help make land rights a reality for
millions of women around the world.

ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN

 
IXMIQUILPAN, HIDALGO, MEXICO (11/03/16)- Valentina Ángeles stands in front of the home she helped build with Habitat for Humanity in Hidalgo, Mexico. ©Habitat for Humanity International/Jason Asteros

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 do women’s rights to land matter?

Land is the foundation for shelter, livelihood, and climate resilience. Land is fundamental for survival.

Because land is central to power and identity, control over land is fundamental to gender justice. But despite enormous recent progress to ensure women’s equal legal rights to land and housing, we are still far from achieving equality in practice.

We cannot achieve gender equality without women’s equal rights to and control over the world’s most elemental resources: land and property. Women’s land rights are fundamental human rights.

  • Stronger land rights can empower women, while also increasing investments in land, spending on food and education, and improving child nutrition - lifting whole families and communities for a more equal world.

  • Women and girls bear the brunt of poverty; they shoulder time-consuming household duties, and live with deep discrimination and restricted rights. Women feed families, but are less than 15% of landholders worldwide.

About the Campaign

The Stand for Her Land Campaign is closing the implementation gap for women’s land rights: the gulf between the strong standards in place to protect women’s rights to land, and the realization of those rights in practice, so that millions of women can realize the transformational power of rights to land. Whether her home is a small farm in Uganda, the coastal regions of Colombia, or an informal settlement in New Delhi, India, every woman deserves firm ground to stand on.

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Women cannot be owned as property, but land as property can be owned by women.
– An Elder mediating land rights disputes on behalf of women in Kenya

What’s New

S4HL at COP16

Stand for Her Land representatives from around the world will be at UNCCD COP16 this December. Learn more about our events, advocacy messages, and more.
Ms Aidan Aboth standing beside a makeshift house at her daughter's home after she was chased away by her in-laws. Photo/Joseph Omollo

Widows left homeless as land grabbers take her land in Tororo, Butaleja

Monitor Uganda — In Tororo and Butaleja districts, widows face rising cases of land grabbing, often losing their homes after the death of a spouse. UCOBAC, S4HL Uganda coalition lead, organized a series of community dialogues to raise awareness and accountability on land governance to protect women’s rights.

What you should know: Inside proposals of Marriage Bill, 2024

Monitor Uganda — S4HL Uganda is noted for their support of the Marriage Bill in Uganda, which addresses key issues impacting women’s land and property rights by ensuring spouses have equal access to matrimonial property and protecting property acquired jointly in marriage.

Parliamentary journalists trained on marriage bill reporting

PML Daily — S4HL Uganda partnered with the Uganda Parliamentary Women’s Association and UCOBAC to train journalists on the Marriage Bill, equipping them to address misconceptions and report objectively on the bill's benefits for Ugandans.

Meet the man who got women a seat at the elders’ land table

The Nation — S4HL was highlighted in a profile on Shadrack Omondi, Landesa's Kenya program director, for the campaign's work to change conservative attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs that hinder women's land rights.

To ensure women’s land ownership, the Rural Land Management Act should be implemented

Ethiopian Press — S4HL Ethiopia participated in the "Stand Up for Women's Land" conference, emphasizing the importance of implementing the revised Rural Land Management and Use Proclamation to secure women's land rights. The forum highlighted the need for community engagement and legal awareness to overcome traditional barriers that prevent women from fully benefiting from land ownership.

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