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.”
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.
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.
African women land professionals kick against gender disparity in land ownership, management
News Agency of Nigeria — At the First African Women Land Professionals Associations Conference in Tanzania, land experts called for policy reforms to eliminate gender disparity and boost women’s leadership in land management. The event also launched a new network to coordinate action on women’s land rights across Africa.
‘Unresolved land conflicts burden women’
New Vision — Unresolved land conflicts in Uganda continue to displace communities and violate women's rights. At a recent press conference, Stand for Her Land and partners highlighted the urgent need to secure women’s land rights, emphasizing their role in agriculture and economic stability.
Women activists demand action on land rights amid rising evictions
Monitor Uganda — As Uganda marks International Women’s Day, women's land rights activists urge the government to tackle increasing land grabbing, evictions, and disputes that disproportionately affect women, particularly in rural areas. “These conflicts have led to deaths, disrupted social cohesion, and undermined economic stability.”