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.
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.
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 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.
Widows’ Inheritance Rights: Could the New National Land Policy be a Groundbreaking for Inheritance Reforms in Tanzania?
On International Widows Day, S4HL Tanzania stands with widows from across the country and advocates for inheritance reforms to ensure that widows' rights are protected, including land and property inheritance.
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.
In Uganda, a Collective Approach Delivers Transformative Change for Women, Families, and Communities
In Uganda, the S4HL movement is transforming women’s land rights, empowering communities, and driving lasting, grassroots-led change.
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.
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.