ILC Africa at the Landac Conference
ILC Africa's Jane Njeri Mwangi summarizes two sessions hosted by Stand for Her Land at the 2024 Landac Conference. The conference brought together various stakeholders from academia, land practitioners, civil society, and researchers to deliberate on the key conference themes.
Standing Together in Solidarity
The tragic incident where Uganda has lost one of its power women, Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegai, burnt to death by her Kenyan boyfriend due to a land dispute is a true testament to the persistent challenges that women face as they strive to assert their land and property rights.
Promoting women’s land rights could stem tobacco growing
Monitor — Rita Kemigisa was interviewed about S4HL Uganda's work on gender transformative approaches at the community level and their advocacy for gender responsive land services at the national level.
Inheritance practices still hindering women’s land rights
Monitor — S4HL Uganda is identifying and transforming harmful patriarchal norms that lock women and girls out of owning, inheriting, and making decisions on land.
Why land is key to tackling climate change and infrastructure gaps
World Bank Blog — Stand for Her Land is a part of the World Bank's new program on Land Tenure Security and Land Access for Climate Goals. The program recognizes that scaling up investments in land tenure and administration is critical to both closing the global infrastructure gap and for equitably tackling climate change.