Mali: Traditional beliefs restrict women farmers’ access to farmland
Zeinaba Alhouda, in her late thirties, lives with her six children in Koima, Gounzoureye, more than 1,000 kilometres from Mali’s […]
Backgrounder: Gender inequalities in land rights in Africa
This edition’s story from Mali focuses on women who are fighting for equitable access to land. Our Script of the […]
Togo: Cashew nut production, a profitable activity for women
Carrying a basin on her head, Josephin Akakpo returns home slowly after a day of working in her fields. Mrs. […]
Backgrounder: Gender inequalities in land rights in Africa
In keeping with this edition’s Farmer story from Kenya, our Script of the week is a backgrounder on gender inequalities […]
Women’s right to land is necessary for community development
Like this edition’s story from Kenya, our Script of the Week focuses on women’s access to and ownership of land. […]
Kenya: For love or land – The debate about women’s rights to matrimonial property (IPS)
Ida Njeri was once a civil servant with access to a Savings and Credit Cooperative Society, or SACCO, through her […]
Women farmers of Adiepena learn about registering land in Ghana
Like this edition’s Farmer story from Uganda, our Script of the Week focuses on land and land rights. Land is […]
Uganda: Cultural clash and the drive to certify customary land (Trust)
When the residents of Owele, a northern village in Uganda, heard about a plan to document their land, they worried […]
Burkina Faso: Women struggle to access inherited lands
Djenéba Sanou was born in Bobo Dioulasso in a family of four children, two boys and two girls. But when […]
Ghana: Women farmers learn how to secure community land for farming
It’s a fine, windy morning and Sarah Aryee is neatly dressed in a white T-shirt and Ghanaian wrap, her hair […]