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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.

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.

New Short Film: “The Land Is Our Mother” – Stand for Her Land Kenya

Watch a new film from S4HL Kenya about coalition member Northern Vision, a community-based organization that is helping build a future where women lead, families thrive, and communities live in harmony with their land.

Upcoming Events

WEBINAR

Leveraging Religious Norms to Strengthen Women’s Land Rights: Lessons from work in the Somali Cluster and Ethiopia

  • Wednesday, May 28, 2025
  • 6-7:30am Pacific Time / 4-5:30pm East Africa Time
  • Session is in English with Arabic translation
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SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVATION

#Land4OurFuture: Advocating for Land Rights and Climate Resilience

June 2-17, 2025

Join Stand for Her Land and the UNCCD Youth Caucus for #Land4OurFuture, a two-week social media activation spotlighting youth and grassroots women as advocates for land rights, restoration, and drought resilience—key solutions to climate change, gender inequality, and sustainable development.

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