Who Will Restore the Land?
Pastoralist women in Karamoja are running out of land and running out of time. The answer to the land crisis is already in the community. But women need rights to take effective action.
Her Land, Her Life: The Voice of Pastoralist Women in Karamoja
Pastoralist leader Anna Lomoyang highlights how women sustain livelihoods in Uganda’s Karamoja region while lacking secure land rights, calling for inclusion, economic empowerment, and stronger protections to build resilient communities.
Why land crisis persists 30 years after reforms
Monitor Uganda — S4HL Uganda lead UCOBAC highlights that despite legal protections, women still face widespread barriers to owning and inheriting land due to slow courts, corruption, and entrenched customary practices.
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.
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.
‘Unresolved land conflicts burden women’
New Vision — Unresolved land conflicts in Uganda continue to displace communities and violate women's rights. At a recent press conference, Stand for Her Land and partners highlighted the urgent need to secure women’s land rights, emphasizing their role in agriculture and economic stability.
Women activists demand action on land rights amid rising evictions
Monitor Uganda — As Uganda marks International Women’s Day, women's land rights activists urge the government to tackle increasing land grabbing, evictions, and disputes that disproportionately affect women, particularly in rural areas. “These conflicts have led to deaths, disrupted social cohesion, and undermined economic stability.”
Activists have opposed a provision in the Marriage Bill
Bukedde — Stand for Her Land Uganda urged Parliament to reject a provision in the Marriage Bill 2024 requiring spouses to share responsibility for each other’s debts. S4HL’s Mwebe Kalibala emphasized the need for fair asset division based on individual contributions, noting the growing financial independence of women.
‘Define sharable matrimonial and individual property in Bill’
Parliament of Uganda — S4HL Uganda urged Parliament to uphold the Supreme Court’s ruling on matrimonial property while reviewing the 2024 Marriage Bill. The coalition emphasized recognizing both financial and non-financial spousal contributions in property division and called for protections for women in customary marriages.
In Uganda, a Collective Approach Delivers Transformative Change for Women, Families, and Communities
In Uganda, the S4HL movement is transforming women’s land rights, empowering communities, and driving lasting, grassroots-led change.