Empowerment and Land Rights

Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, land is a fundamental asset for economic development, food security and poverty reduction. Secure land rights enable rural people to ensure their livelihoods.

Related to land rights we work on issues of policy/legal reform, security of tenure, gender and alliances that enable peer-learning and effective policy advocacy. Our current projects include:

• Legal tools for citizen empowerment
• Legal empowerment for secure resource access
• Can land registration work for the poor?
• Gender, land and decentralisation
• Pastoral livelihoods and climate change
• Strengthening pastoral civil society in Senegal