Author: Nicole Tomita

ILC Africa at the Landac Conference

ILC Africa's Jane Njeri Mwangi summarizes two sessions hosted by Stand for Her Land at the 2024 Landac Conference. The conference brought together various stakeholders from academia, land practitioners, civil society, and researchers to deliberate on the key conference themes.

Standing together in solidarity The tragic incident where Uganda has lost one of its power women, Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegai, burnt to death by her Kenyan boyfriend due to a land dispute is a true testament to the persistent challenges that women face as they strive to assert their land and property rights. These challenges are anchored in deeply entrenched discriminatory social and gender norms and associated power balances especially at the family level, and lack of recognition of centrality of women's land rights to empowerment of women and development of families, communities and economies at large. These injustices continue to be one of the leading causes of gender-based violence with extreme consequences like death, a case in point is one of our own Rebecca. We as advocates for women's land rights condemn such acts and join Ugandans and the rest of the world in mourning the loss of such a profound woman. We call for concerted efforts to promote women's land rights as a fundamental human right and end all forms of violence against women. We encourage everyone to seek peaceful means to resolve their land disputes. We demand justice for Rebecca and other women that have suffered land injustice and GBV and call on Governments to enforce the rule of law by ensuring that such culprits are brought to justice.

Standing Together in Solidarity

The tragic incident where Uganda has lost one of its power women, Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegai, burnt to death by her Kenyan boyfriend due to a land dispute is a true testament to the persistent challenges that women face as they strive to assert their land and property rights.

Promoting women’s land rights could stem tobacco growing

Monitor — Rita Kemigisa was interviewed about S4HL Uganda's work on gender transformative approaches at the community level and their advocacy for gender responsive land services at the national level.

Inheritance practices still hindering women’s land rights

Monitor — S4HL Uganda is identifying and transforming harmful patriarchal norms that lock women and girls out of owning, inheriting, and making decisions on land.

Why land is key to tackling climate change and infrastructure gaps

World Bank Blog — Stand for Her Land is a part of the World Bank's new program on Land Tenure Security and Land Access for Climate Goals. The program recognizes that scaling up investments in land tenure and administration is critical to both closing the global infrastructure gap and for equitably tackling climate change.

Iniciativa de educación y comunicación popular sobre masculinidades no violentas

COLOMBIA — La coalición S4HL Colombia ha desarrollado la iniciativa de educación y comunicación popular, "Ajá... ¿y por qué no? Hombres comprometidos con la equidad de género." Comprende cinco capítulos de producciones sonoras en español sobre masculinidades no violentas y una guía pedagógica para acompañar conversaciones comunitarias con hombres líderes de organizaciones, comunidades y compañeros de las mujeres de la Coalición.

The S4HL Colombia coalition has developed the popular education and communication initiative "Aha... And Why Not? Men Committed to Gender Equity." It includes five chapters of sound productions in Spanish on non-violent masculinities and a pedagogical guide to accompany community conversations with male leaders of organizations, communities and partners of women in the Coalition.

Quarterly Updates – August 2024

Catch up on the latest updates from each S4HL coalition.

New case study supports gender-equitable land rights to reach land degradation neutrality

Landesa and S4HL Ethiopia have released a case study on land degradation neutrality policy in the country, its impact, and its relationship to women’s land rights.

Confronting land degradation via women’s land rights

When women do have secure land rights, they are able to invest in sustainable land management practices that restore degraded lands and prevent future harm.

The rise of movements championing women’s land rights

The Nation — Last week, Kenya Land Alliance launched Ardhi Caucus to advance access to justice for women in land conflict situations. Members include public and private sector, as well as academia and research institutions.