At COP27, a Call to Root Climate Action and Justice in Land Rights for Women and Rural Communities
In Bangladesh’s Sundarbans, life revolves around coastal mangrove forests. But as climate change effects worsen, livelihoods are under threat. Read about what global actors at COP27 can do amid the deepening climate crisis in a piece by ALRD's Moni Rowshan and Landesa's Rachel McMonagle.
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.
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.
Securing land tenure for women and girls to promote climate change resilience
CIFOR Forest News mentioned the S4HL Campaign in their summary of the CSW66 side event on "Securing Women’s and Girls’ Land Tenure to promote Communities Resilience to Climate Change and to advance on sustainable Economic Justice & Rights."
Ending land tenure system discrimination
Khadija Mrisho writes about the integral role that women farmers play in rural areas in Tanzania, and best practices for closing the implementation gap to achieve gender-equitable land rights.