Secure land rights offer an equitable solution in the face of the climate crisis
Rowshan Moni Jahan, ALRD Deputy Executive Director, explains the vital nature of inclusive land rights for Bangladesh’s climate resilience.
Sénégal : une campagne pour promouvoir le droit foncier des femmes
APA News a présenté la coalition Stand for Her Land Sénégal et ses objectifs à terme. //
APA News profiled the Stand for Her Land Senegal coalition and their long-term objectives. (Article in French) ...
The rise and rise of African feminists’ movements
The S4HL campaign was profiled by The Nation in a piece about current movements in Africa to safeguard women’s rights. The initiative’s global advocacy director Esther Mwaura Muiru said: “When women don’t own the land they live and work on, they become trapped in patriarchal systems that reinforce gender inequalities.”
Land Tenure: A Cross-Cutting Solution for Poverty, Climate Change, and Women’s Rights
The S4HL Campaign is profiled in a Skoll article for its work at the global and grassroots levels to increase awareness, generate resources, build capacity, and change mindsets about the relationship between women and land.
Stakeholders want government to ‘stand for land campaign’
IPP Media profiled a meeting between land experts, academicians and other stakeholders to ensure women and smallholder producers benefit from foreign and local land-based investments in Tanzania.
Statement: We repudiate the femicide of Eva Amaya
We renounce the femicide of our colleague and friend Eva Amaya in the municipality of Santiago de Tolú in Colombia committed on September 9, 2022. Eva was a social leader, artisan at heart, chef by passion and economist by profession. She actively supported youth and women's organizations. She loved to dance.
“Bridge the gap” and deliver land rights to women, say campaigners
Lack of access to and control over land is causing widespread suffering for rural women in Uganda, and even for women who hold a Certificate of Customary Ownership, the clash between culture and modernity threatens hardship for millions.
Despite women saving and earning more than ever, the number achieving property ownership has stalled
An opinion piece on inews.co.uk mentions the S4HL Campaign's work on gender equality in land.
A campaign to strengthen women’s land rights | TALK SHOW
Jimmy Ochom (Oxfam Uganda) and Doreen Kobusingye (National Land Coalition) were interviewed on NTV Uganda's live talk show about closing the implementation gap on women's land rights.
Nation Leadership Forum: Women’s rights are human rights
Stand for Her Land partnered with Nation Media Group to host the Nation Leadership Forum in Kampala, Uganda. The event brought together representatives from government, civil society, and grassroots women to discuss issues of land governance, gender equality, and how women are organizing to break down barriers to land rights in Uganda and across Africa.