Who Will Restore the Land?
Pastoralist women in Karamoja are running out of land and running out of time. The answer to the land crisis is already in the community. But women need rights to take effective action.
Strengthening Women’s Land Rights Across the Rio Conventions
Both ENDS — Esther Mwaura-Muiru explains why securing women's land rights is not only a matter of justice—it is fundamental to achieving the commitments under all three Rio Conventions.
When the Funding Ends, the Partnership Doesn’t: Reflections from Bangladesh
This reflection piece examines what happens when donor funding ends but community leadership, local relationships, and the push for women’s land rights continue moving forward.
Activists demand action as women face land rights violations
Eye Radio — Activists, lawmakers, and civil society leaders gathered for the launch of the S4HL South Sudan coalition in Juba, collectively calling for stronger women’s land and inheritance rights in South Sudan. Photo credit: Michael Daniel/Eye Radio
At GLF Nairobi, Women Leaders Call for Action Beyond Promises
Climate Lens News — Reporting from the Global Landscapes Forum in Nairobi, the article highlights how grassroots women leaders and the Stand for Her Land campaign are advancing women’s land rights, climate resilience, and food systems governance across Africa.
Her Land, Her Life: The Voice of Pastoralist Women in Karamoja
Pastoralist leader Anna Lomoyang highlights how women sustain livelihoods in Uganda’s Karamoja region while lacking secure land rights, calling for inclusion, economic empowerment, and stronger protections to build resilient communities.
Women’s Economic Empowerment: Land, Livelihoods, and Leadership Systems Change for Women’s Economic Empowerment with Julia Quinn
AVPN — At a convening in Colombo, Bridgerton author Julia Quinn underscored the importance of initiatives like Stand for Her Land, and why women’s land rights remain such a critical — yet often overlooked — lever for advancing economic empowerment.
NEW: S4HL Global Strategy for 2026-2030 [ EN | ES | FR ]
We present this 2026-2030 strategy as a bold and ambitious vision to further catalyze the WLR movement and achieve our collective goals of implementing WLR in practice.
Women to Kilimanjaro: The campaign that transformed Africa
Oxfam Africa — This article celebrates the 10-year impact of the Women to Kilimanjaro campaign, which mobilized hundreds of rural women farmers across Africa to demand equal land rights and helped drive more than a dozen policy and governance reforms across the continent. This grassroots movement continues to influence national land policies, expand women’s participation in local decision-making, and strengthen advocacy for secure land rights today.
“Now, It’s My Land”: Legal Reform Transforms Women’s Ownership in Rural Ethiopia
The Reporter – S4HL Ethiopia organized an advocacy forum to spotlight how the country’s revised Rural Land Proclamation is reshaping women’s land rights. The article highlights stories like Workenesh Bulbula’s and underscores the coalition’s role in pushing for stronger awareness, enforcement, and gender-equitable implementation of the law across regions.