Government has said it is women’s right to own, inherit land
Michuzi TZ — S4HL Tanzania members Landesa, Haki Ardhi, and MIICO presented the Women’s Land Rights Manifesto during the 5th annual gathering for International Day of Rural Women, reaffirming their commitment to ensuring all women can own and inherit land with security and dignity.
Women’s Land Rights Manifesto: Tightening grip on ownership rights and secure tenure
Daily News TZ — S4HL Tanzania released a Women’s Land Rights Manifesto from all 36 member organizations to call for recognition, equality, and justice in all matters relating to land rights.
Why land crisis persists 30 years after reforms
Monitor Uganda — S4HL Uganda lead UCOBAC highlights that despite legal protections, women still face widespread barriers to owning and inheriting land due to slow courts, corruption, and entrenched customary practices.
Land, Law and Women’s Claim to Equality
The Reporter Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s new Rural Land Administration and Use Proclamation was spotlighted at a launch event under the theme “Stand for Her Land: Addressing the Importance of Women’s Land Rights.” The five-year initiative, backed by UNICEF and Habitat for Humanity Ethiopia, emphasizes secure land rights as essential to gender equality, food security, and economic growth.
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.