Women’s access to land

Theme pack

Here is our theme pack of FRI resources for April, which includes resources on concerns around women’s access to land.

This month’s theme pack includes nine items from our Resource Packs, including four backgrounders, one interview script, three dramas, and one narrative. It also includes five Farmer stories.

Backgrounders

• Gender inequalities in land rights in Africa
• Rights of rural women in Senegal
• Rights of rural women in Burkina Faso
• Rights of rural women in Mali

Interview scripts

• Women’s right to land is necessary for community development

Drama

• Women farmers of Adiepena learn about registering land in Ghana
• Women, property and inheritance
• Land ownership rights: Access denied – why women need equal access to land

Narrative

• Why Women Need to Know About Land Rights

Barza Wire stories

• Ghana: Women farmers learn how to secure community land for farming
• Mali: Tradition blocks women’s access to developed land
• East Africa: Taking rural women’s land rights to the top
• Mali: New law gives glimmer of hope for women’s land rights (Trust)
• Tanzania: Mapping a route to land rights