WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY WOMEN SHOULD HAVE ACCESS AND CONTROL OVER LAND?

We mean women should not only have access to land as the right but also enter upon and use land, exercise control over land as one’s ability to make decisions with regard to the land. These include the ability to:

  • determine the size of land used for farming activities and whether the land will be used for food or cash crop production.
  • transfer land titles, whether by sale or inheritance (land ownership)