{"id":474,"date":"2022-01-22T00:51:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T00:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand4herland.org\/?page_id=474"},"modified":"2026-08-13T20:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:39:25","slug":"country-coalition-uganda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stand4herland.org\/fr\/country-coalition-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition nationale : Ouganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Country Coalition<\/p><\/div>

Uganda<\/h1><\/div>
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GOAL<\/strong><\/div>\n

To bridge the implementation gap between laws and policies on women's land rights in Uganda.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Member Organizations<\/div>
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FOUNDED<\/strong>\n

August 2022<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

OVERVIEW<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

The S4HL Initiative in Uganda builds on previous and existing initiatives to promote and protect women\u2019s land rights. It builds momentum for collective advocacy by bringing together women\u2019s land rights organizations and other organizations that work on land-related issues for women such as agriculture, food security, climate change, investments, among others.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a multifaceted initiative that recognizes the broad continuum of land rights in regards to WLR (access, use, control, and ownership).<\/p>\n

The initiative positions grassroots women at the center as leaders by strengthening their participation, voice, agency, and self-efficacy in land governance in Uganda.<\/p>\n

READ:<\/span> S4HL Uganda Strategy<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>

KEY FOCUS AREAS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

While there are several obstacles to the realization of women land rights in Uganda, this Initiative focuses on five priority issues:<\/p><\/div>

1<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Transformation of discriminatory social and cultural norms preventing women from accessing, owning and controlling land<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

2<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Increase funding and capacity for land management and administration institutions to support WLRs<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

3<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Enhance awareness of the legal and regulatory frameworks on WLRs by rights holders, duty bearers, and community members<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

4<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Enhance access to land justice for women<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

5<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Strengthen participation, voice, and agency of grassroots women in land governance<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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ACTIVITIES: A SNAPSHOT <\/strong><\/h2><\/div><\/div>

Roundtable meetings <\/strong><\/h3>\n

S4HL Uganda convenes dialogues with Government officials and other key stakeholders to discuss matters concerning land management, usage, collaboration, and strategic planning, ultimately contributing to positive social change and empowerment of women.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Grassroots Women Leaders Academies <\/strong><\/h3>\n

The academies seek to establish a strong grassroots women regional base for collective advocacy on WLRs. During the Academies, women leaders from organised women's groups and community-based organisations (CBOs) are trained on how to organize, engage, and influence land governance processes.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Media campaigns <\/strong><\/h3>\n

The S4HL Initiative in Uganda harnesses the power of media platforms to raise awareness, mobilise support, and drive change on women's land rights issues. The campaign uses both mainstream and online media.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Community mobilisation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

S4HL Uganda works with communities through dialogues and village sensitisation meetings to help individuals identify harmful social and cultural norms that restrict women from fully enjoying their full bundle of rights on land and be able to transform.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Historic consultation of grassroots women on the 2013 National Land Policy Review <\/strong><\/h3>\n

S4HL Uganda works with communities through dialogues and village sensitisation meetings to help individuals identify harmful social and cultural norms that restrict women from fully enjoying their full bundle of rights on land and be able to transform.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Grassroots women leader representatives from the four regions of Uganda pose for a group photo in Kampala with a team of consultants leading the review of the NLP 2013 in Uganda.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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\u201cI had never been to Parliament. You cannot imagine what it meant to me when the campaign facilitated my participation in the symposium at Parliament. When I show the pictures to my people, they treat me with a new level of respect, because we all believed that parliament was only a particular group of the elite,\u201d Jovia Komugisha, a community grassroots women leader from Mbarara district, Uganda.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Member Organizations <\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

Coordinator: Uganda Community-Based Association for Women and Children\u2019s Welfare (UCOBAC)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>

NGOs\/INGOs<\/strong><\/em><\/h2><\/div>

<\/strong>Global Land Tool Network<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Habitat for Humanity<\/p>\n

<\/strong>GIZ<\/p>\n

<\/strong>National Land Coalition<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Transparency International<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>LEMU<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Uganda Land Alliance <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>LandNet Uganda<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Food Rights Alliance<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Oxfam Uganda<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Act Together<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>FIDA<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Women and Girl Child Development Association<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Youth Plus Policy Network Uganda<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Buganda Land Board<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Life Concern (LICO)<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Pader NGO forum<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Land Justice Network<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Action for Women and Awakening in Rural Environment (AWARE)<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>African Rural Development Initiatives, Mbale district<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Local Sustainable Communities Org<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Ateker Cultural Center, Karamoja<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Allied Workers Association<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Action for Development (ACFODE)<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Actionaid Uganda<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Kigezi Women in Development (KWID)<\/p>\n

LOSCO<\/p><\/div>

Community Based Organisation (CBOs) \/ Women Organised Groups<\/strong><\/em><\/h2><\/div>

Kawempe Home Based Care Alliance<\/p>\n

LUCOHECO<\/p>\n

Rostrum for Social Development Initiative<\/p>\n

Women and Girl Child Development (WEGCDA)<\/p>\n

Kasaali Farmers\u2019 Cooperative Society<\/p>\n

Nsonso Buyamba Farmers\u2019 SACCO<\/p>\n

Kakuuto Network of Indigenous Voluntary Association (KANIVA)<\/p>\n

Coalition of Women Economic Empowerment Beyond Borders (COWEB Uganda)<\/p>\n

Butumi Akwata Empola Women\u2019s Group<\/p>\n

She Talk<\/p>\n

Nakaseeta Institute for Adult Education And Development (NIFAED)<\/p>\n

Mityante Community Centre<\/p>\n

Biyinzika Namungo Development Orgnaization<\/p>\n

Sirobera Poultry Women\u2019s Group<\/p>\n

Magala-Ntembo Saving and Credit Development Group<\/p>\n

Tulikimu Women\u2019s Producer Organization<\/p>\n

Girls Outloud Luweero - Uganda<\/p>\n

Vvamutulo Women\u2019s Group<\/p>\n

Basooka Kwavula Women\u2019s Group<\/p>\n

Kazinga Twegatte Women\u2019s Group<\/p>\n

Tuyimukye Cattle Rearing Group<\/p>\n

Touch the Heart Uganda \u2013 Naalya<\/p>\n

African Women Network<\/p>\n

MER-BER GRO<\/p>\n

GFA<\/p>\n

Ora Women Entrepreneurs<\/p>\n

Zombo District Farmers Association<\/p>\n

Charity For Hope<\/p>\n

Pader Women Youth Champions<\/p>\n

NORMAU<\/p>\n

Pader Women Right<\/p>\n

Kakiika Women\u2019s Group<\/p>\n

Action for Improved Health and Wealth<\/p>\n

Giving Hope Foundation<\/p>\n

Aim Home Care Uganda<\/p>\n

United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda<\/p>\n

Women for Green Economy Movement Uganda -WOGEM<\/p>\n

Create Impact Initiative<\/p>\n

Margaret and Emma Organisation<\/p>\n

Champions for Women\u2019s Land Rights Association-Amuria<\/p>\n

Women with Disability Association (AWDA)<\/p>\n

Touch Ministries<\/p>\n

TEKWIP (Teso Karamoja Women Initiative For Peace)<\/p>\n

Inspire Youth<\/p>\n

Ask8 Center for Skills Development<\/p>\n

Virtuous Woman Foundation<\/p>\n

COMMO<\/p>\n

Karamoja Special Children Initiative<\/p>\n

Aberu Kanyoutu group<\/p>\n

Busia United Miners Association<\/p>\n

Tiira Small Scale and Mining Association<\/p>\n

Akobwait Womens Group<\/p>\n

Grazia Development Foundation<\/p>\n

Girls Support Centre<\/p>\n

LOCODI<\/p>\n

Acts of Woman<\/p>\n

Aibuses Foundation<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The WLR Platform <\/div>
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The Women\u2019s Land Rights (WLR) Platform is an inclusive space for women across the world to share and document their experiences and perspectives around land rights.<\/p>\n

We aim to use storytelling as an impactful tool for advocacy and movement building, while also mapping organizations across the world who are working in various sectors that intersect the WLR movement.<\/p>\n

About the WLR Platform \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Featured Stories from Uganda<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>
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Barbara Mwagale<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Through support from S4HL Uganda, Barbara notes that women and men in her communities have started valuing women farmers, and now believe that women have rights to land and property.<\/div><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
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Muhammed Babyesiza<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"We, as men, used to believe that land belongs only to men, and when it came to inheritance, we only gave land to boys and men. I have now learned this is wrong. A girl can inherit land and keep the legacy of the family intact.\"<\/div><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>
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Vincent Byakuhabya<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

A husband shifted long-held beliefs after a S4HL training for men, granting his wife control over a portion of the family land and marking a powerful step toward shared decision-making and family security.<\/div><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>
Explore the WLR Platform \u2192<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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