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Women working the land
Une étude montre comment la formation permet aux femmes de prendre conscience de leurs droits fonciers
… Land acquisitions and rights … What works for women’s land rights? …
Insight, 27 May 2021
Women gathering. Institutional banner in the background.
Participation des femmes dans la gouvernance foncière en Tanzanie: comment promouvoir la mise en oeuvre de dispositions nationales au niveau local
… Land acquisitions and rights … What works for women’s land rights? …
Insight, 20 January 2021
Women using hoes in a crop field in Kilosa, Tanzania.
Une série de blogs s'interroge sur les grands principes qui contribuent à renforcer les droits fonciers des femmes
… sur la terre, et les initiatives telles que la campagne «  Stand for Her Land  » (« Défendre sa terre » dans la traduction française) se … Land acquisitions and rights … What works for women’s land rights? …
Insight, 15 October 2020
People sitting around a meeting table
What role do local governance frameworks play in strengthening women’s voices in land governance?
… East and West Africa to strengthen rural women’s voices in local land governance. The assumption underpinning this work is that when local women actively participate in land governance, related structures are more likely to recognise and defend women’s interests. This leads to fairer land relations and women having greater control over their livelihood …
Insight, 08 March 2021
People sitting around a meeting table
Quel rôle les institutions de gouvernance locale jouent-t-elles dans le renforcement de la voix des femmes dans la gouvernance foncière ?
… Land acquisitions and rights … What works for women’s land rights? …
Insight, 08 March 2021
Women gathering. Institutional banner in the background.
Ensuring women’s participation in land governance: “bringing the law home” in Tanzania
… Tanzania has a progressive legal framework when it comes to women’s land rights and women’s participation in land governance. The Constitution of … the United Republic of Tanzania recognises equality to own property for all citizens. The 1999 Land Act, revised in 2019, establishes … Land acquisitions and rights …
Insight, 20 January 2021
A group of women writing notes on a poster.
Can promotion groups help strengthen women’s access and control over land?
… African countries, in Senegal women farmers still struggle to secure land rights – despite a progressive legal framework that supports equal land … to access and control land Although originally established as forums for training, learning and awareness raising (such as seed management or … Land acquisitions and rights …
Insight, 24 November 2020
A group of women writing notes on a poster.
Quel rôle pour les Groupements de Promotion Féminine dans l’accès sécurisé des femmes au foncier ?
… Land acquisitions and rights … What works for women’s land rights? …
Insight, 24 November 2020
Community members from Tanzania gathered to discuss.
Building collective power for equitable governance in conservation
… spoken quietly but with weight, captured a deeper truth. It echoed what many in the workshop already knew: that policies alone do not … cannot demand the same in return. These stories weren’t shared for sympathy, but for clarity. What emerged over the two days was a … demarcation was rushed or poorly managed. Some WMAs still lack formal land use plans, and this fuels both internal and external disputes, and …
Insight, 10 September 2025
Group of four women carrying big basins on the way to get clean water. They are wearing colorful clothing.
Making water use fair for everybody
… affecting women and gender equality  – social norms, power relations, land ownership, access to basic services, risk of violence and the like … of our collective water resources that do not make special provision for these groups, risk deepening existing inequalities and increasing … is used in the products we consume is only one part of the picture. What do we understand about where the water used in the production …
Insight, 20 March 2025