Nigeria: Women shut out of land ownership cultivate a path forward (Christian Science Monitor)
Early one morning at the Longvel market, in Plateau State, Nigeria, a small crowd gathers around a motorized tricycle stacked […]
Kenya: Maasai landowners restore wildlife and protect grazing lands through community-led conservancy (Mongabay)
Standing on open grassland in southern Kenya, Nelson Ole Reiyia lifts his phone to show what he sees each day. […]
DRC: A cooperative provides women and youth access to land for production
It’s a Monday morning in August in Kibulungu, an agricultural village located 20 kilometers from the city of Tshikapa, the […]
DRC: Once masters of the forest, Pygmy community is being forced out of national park (Global Press Journal)
Until June 2022, Biranda lived peacefully inside Virunga National Park, where he was born and raised. The park, a UNESCO […]
Grassroots women’s approaches to securing land rights
This report, supported by the UN Development Program and the government of Germany, presents grassroots women’s approaches to access justice […]
Tanzania: Maasai women gain access to land
Mary Komeiyan would like to grow food for her children. But she has no land. She lives in a village […]
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 […]