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.
New Short Film: Challenges related to women’s access to land in Senegal
An overview of the issue of women's access to land in Senegal shows that they are land users and pillars of agricultural development. But, in general, they do not have secure access to land.
Access to land: Women put to the test by customs and traditions
Sunuker FM — CICODEV and S4HL Senegal are profiled for their investment in grassroots women's leadership to catalyze a strong and robust movement for women's land rights.
Give youth space to build a better future through land ownership
IPP Media — S4HL and several Campaign partners were recognized during the Fourth International Youth and Land Governance Conference (CIGOFA 4) for promoting women’s land rights and ownership in Africa, which are vital for securing a better future for all, including youth.
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.
Quarterly Updates – August 2024
Catch up on the latest updates from each S4HL coalition.
Less than 15% of women have access to land: The cry from the heart of the National Women and Land Alliance
Azactu — The S4HL Senegal coalition was profiled for their work to create a Senegal where men and women are aware of the importance of respecting women's rights in terms of access, effective control, security and development of land resources. Senegal coalition member Ndiouck Mbaye said, “although the situations are varied, the majority of women have restricted and provisional rights.”
National Alliance of Women and Land welcomes new measures taken by the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Livestock
DAKAR — The S4HL Senegal coalition welcomes the recent decisions taken by the new authorities to improve land management, and calls for them to account for the specific needs of vulnerable groups, particularly women and young people.
Sénégal: Accès au foncier – Signature d’une convention entre CICODEV et des organisations de femmes rurales
Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (APS) — Une convention de partenariat a été signée mercredi à Koussanar entre CICODEV et quatre organisations faitières de femmes rurales dans le cadre de la campagne « Stand for her land » pour l'accès au foncier.
A partnership agreement was signed on Wednesday in Koussanar between CICODEV and four rural women's umbrella organizations as part of the "Stand for Her Land" campaign for access to land.
Owning land has offered me a taste of good life
NATION KENYA — Esther Mwaura-Muiru, S4HL global advocacy director, shares stories about how the campaign's advocacy efforts have already borne fruit. “In Uganda, Karamojong traditional leaders have organised themselves to push for women land rights. In Senegal we are seeing religious leaders support the cause too.”