Slum Blind: The Overlooked Links Between Climate Migration and Informal Settlements
Land Portal — “No climate strategy is complete without gender-sensitive, land-based solutions,” said Eden Asrat of S4HL Ethiopia, highlighting the campaign’s role in advancing women’s land rights as a pathway to climate resilience.
Gender and Social Inclusion Matter for Agrobiodiversity
CGIAR — At the 3rd International Agrobiodiversity Congress in Kunming, China, S4HL's Esther Mwaura-Muiru emphasized that women’s exclusion from agricultural programs, financial systems, and decision-making bodies isn’t just unjust—it actively undermines the conservation of agrobiodiversity.
Re-imagining collaboration and knowledge in land governance: Reflections from the LANDac 2025 opening keynote panel
Land Portal — At LANDac 2025, S4HL's Esther Mwaura-Muiru made a clear call to resource and sustain grassroots organizing. “Until grassroots women lead, we will not see change.”
Ajá, So Why Not? Women for Land and a Life Free of Violence
ILC — In Colombia’s Caribbean region, Luz Marina and Inilida are part of a long history of resistance. They work the land, care for the water, and sustain life in their communities. And yet, for a long time, they have been excluded from decisions about their own bodies and territories.
Widows’ Inheritance Rights: Could the New National Land Policy be a Groundbreaking for Inheritance Reforms in Tanzania?
On this International Widows Day, S4HL Tanzania coalition stands with widows from across the country and advocates for inheritance reforms to ensure that widows' rights are protected, including land and property inheritance.
Beyond Beijing: The revolution of women’s land rights, control and ownership at CSW69
The Guardian Tanzania — At CSW69, Stand for Her Land emphasized the power of coalition-building to advance rural women’s land rights, calling for stronger grassroots leadership, inclusive policy reforms, and sustained global action to close the gender land gap.
What is stopping women in Africa from inheriting land?
BBC World Service — Esther Mwaura-Muiru, S4HL’s global advocacy director, is featured on the BBC World Service’s Africa Daily podcast. Esther shares data and stories to highlight the cultural and systemic barriers that prevent women across Africa from owning and inheriting land.
Strengthening female voices at UNCCD COP 16: Gender Change Agents in the global action against desertification and climate change
Gender Change Agents at UNCCD COP 16 championed women’s land tenure, leadership, and inclusion in climate action and land governance.
Grassroot Women Want Issue of Ownership, Management Clearly Addressed in New National Land Policy
Africa-Press – Uganda — Speaking during a consultation meeting by the Ministry of Lands on the National Land Policy 2013 review in Kampala, a section of women mobilised by the Stand for Her Land Campaign said there is need to move away from some cultural beliefs that stop them from owning land.
Barriers to Ensuring Women’s Land Rights and the Way Forward
The Daily Star — In a roundtable with ALRD and partners, experts highlighted barriers to women’s land rights in Bangladesh, including discriminatory inheritance laws and limited land ownership despite women making up 58% of agricultural workers. Recommendations included equal inheritance rights, policy revisions, and greater recognition of women's agricultural contributions.