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 […]
Mali: Tradition blocks women’s access to developed land
Maman Traoré is a farmer in Sikasso, a city 375 kilometres from Bamako in Mali. Like most women in Sikasso, […]
Ghana: Cocoa farmers harness the law to save forests, boost yields (Trust)
Standing in his yard amongst pecking chickens, Nana Archer shows a certificate from the forestry commission stating that he has […]
Senegal: Villagers replant mangroves that protect their environment, livelihoods (IRIN)
Ablaye Marone makes a living from the mangroves in western Senegal’s Saloum Delta. This area is rich in biodiversity, with […]
Liberia: New law secures ancestral land rights (Trust)
Liberia has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral […]